By encouraging people to think about this small snail, Wood hopes to raise awareness of broader conservation needs and of how human activity is threatening the region. “Yeah, this is a story about ...

A small shed-like structure built in the longleaf pine forest a stone’s throw from Andy Wood’s Hampstead home is one of the last places on Earth that the magnificent ramshorn snail can be found. For ...

A small shed-like structure built in the longleaf pine forest a stone’s throw from Andy Wood’s Hampstead home is one of the last places on Earth that the magnificent ramshorn snail can be found. For ...

A Magnificent Ramshorn snail at biologist Andy Wood’s snail refuge in Hampstead. Wood took the Magnificent Ramshorn into captivity in the early 1990s. He has maintained a population of the snails, ...

Beneath the surface of our everyday world lies a creature so small and unassuming, yet it holds a secret that defies expectations. While we often imagine large predators or grazing animals when ...