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"Scientists find two tiny new snails with shells that close like doors"
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Scientists find two tiny new snails with shells that close like doors
Scientists discovered two tiny new snail species in Montenegro, showing that even Europe still holds animals unknown to science. One lives in the threatened Komarnica Canyon, where a proposed hydropower reservoir could destroy habitat before its full biodiversity is understood.

"Zoo Plucks 21 Snails From Extinction and Returns Hundreds to Pristine Atlantic Island "
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Zoo Plucks 21 Snails From Extinction and Returns Hundreds to Pristine Atlantic Island (WATCH)
Chester Zoo has restored hundreds of tiny snails to an island after they had grown so rare, they could collectively fit inside a petri dish.

"Queen conch snails are in danger. So conservationists made them a hatchery on wheels"
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Queen conch snails are in danger. So conservationists made them a hatchery on wheels
In a bid to slow the species’ decline by helping more conch reach reproductive age, scientists are deploying an innovative set of solar-powered mobile hatcheries to shelter them through their vulnerable early life stages.