A comprehensive new review paper reveals the staggering loss of biodiversity among island land snails globally. Lead author Robert Cowie of the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa's School of Ocean and ...

The predatory flatworm Platydemus manokwari in the Ogasawara Islands, head on right, length ca 8 cm. Along with rosy wolf snails and rats, these invasive flatworms have had a devastating impact on ...

Across the tropical Pacific, some of the planet’s most distinctive land snails are slipping out of existence, turning once noisy, living forests into quieter, emptier places. Nowhere is that loss more ...