The pea-sized snail was believed to have gone extinct after no sightings were recorded for more than a century ...

Use precise geolocation data and actively scan device characteristics for identification. This is done to store and access ...

The Desertas islands are the only place in the world where they can be found and so we’re striving to do everything we can to ...

A group of endangered snails are getting a second lease on life in a remote Portuguese archipelago. The Guardian reports that ...

UK zoo have been sent to Bugio Island in the Atlantic where they will roam - slowly - across the rocky island.

More than 1,300 pea-sized, critically endangered snails that were bred in a zoo have been set free to wander (very slowly) on ...

Each of the 1,300 tiny snails has been marked with infrared paint so they can be carefully monitored after their release.

The Desertas Island land snails were previously thought to be extinct after no sightings were recorded for more than a ...

The pea-sized gastropods have been released into their rocky Madeira island habitat after a successful breeding programme ...

Two species of tiny Desertas Islands snails have been bred at the UK’s Chester Zoo and released back into the wild onto one ...

a smaller neighbouring island in the Ilhas Desertas (Desert Islands) archipelago. Bugio is a nature reserve and invasive species have been eradicated there. Gerardo Garcia from Chester Zoo said ...