Move over slugging, it’s snail mucin’s time to shine. The current skin care obsession makes use of actual snail slime — aka snail secretion filtrate — for plumper, softer and smoother skin. Snail ...

A series where we find out which products the professionals (who really know what they’re talking about) actually use and really stand behind. Read more here. It may seem like the skin-care world is ...

It may seem unlikely, but snail mucin – the slime produced by snails – has become a popular ingredient in skin care products. Makers of South Korean cosmetics have helped boost slow, slimy garden ...

Bryan Nelson is a science writer and award-winning documentary filmmaker with over a decade of experience covering technology, astronomy, medicine, animals, and more. The candy cane snail (Liguus ...

Researchers rediscover tiny tropical land snails, reclassifying lost species and reshaping the tree of life in Central ...

One of the crueler tortures to bestow on a snail is the salt shower, as the behaviorally challenged kid who grew up down the street from you could attest. It’s a horrible death: The salt draws water ...

Consumers around the world are shelling out for cosmetic products containing snail mucus, with its global market in 2022 valued at about $555 million. After a snail mucus skin care boom in South Korea ...

Scientists are finding clues for how to treat diabetes and hormone disorders in an unexpected place: a toxin from one of the most venomous animals on the planet. A multinational research team led by ...

Snail family members are thought to act as transcriptional repressors. The zinc fingers correspond to the C 2 H 2 type (cysteine/histidine) and bind to a site that contains six bases, CAGGTG. This ...

Scientists say the snail darter, whose endangered species status delayed the building of a dam in Tennessee in the 1970s, is a genetic match of a different fish. By Jason Nark For such a tiny fish, ...

The world’s loneliest snail is no more. George, a Hawaiian tree snail—and the last known member of the species Achatinella apexfulva—died on New Year’s Day. He was 14, which is quite old for a snail ...

Research suggests snail mucin may offer benefits for wound healing, certain skin conditions, and reducing signs of skin aging, as well as anti-inflammatory and antimicrobial effects. Although research ...