INTO THE BLUE The bright patterns on a hard-shelled mollusk may mimic those of a shell-free, poisonous snail. Andy.Cowley/Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 1.0) By Vijaysree Venkatraman ...

The most striking, colorful snails in the world are in danger — precisely because of their beauty. Polymita tree snails (also ...

Researchers in Cuba and the UK are working together to reveal the biological secrets of the beautiful but endangered Polymita ...

Some of the world’s most colourful snails, found only in Eastern Cuba, are close disappearing. Scientist from Cuba and the ...

Polymita snails are increasingly under threat as poachers sell their colourful shells to collectors. | ITV National News ...

But the snail’s shell outclasses high-end commercial diffusers. It not only spreads the blue-green light over a greater area, but it also allows more of it through.

Humans struggle to identify snail shell shades, but technology reveals true colors Date: February 25, 2019 Source: University of Nottingham Summary: They're neither white and gold or black and blue.