One of the crueler tortures to bestow on a snail is the salt shower, as the behaviorally challenged kid who grew up down the street from you could attest. It’s a horrible death: The salt draws water ...

Anybody who says mama nature doesn’t have a seriously dark side needs to check out this video of a harmless land snail’s eyes pulsating with an assortment of bright colors like a pair of psychedelic ...

This zombie snail. A parasitic worm Leucochloridium has taken over its motor functions and eye stalks, making them into caterpillar mimics so birds will eat them. The worm can then reproduce in the ...

The parasitic flatworm, Leucochloridium paradoxum, turns snails into zombies by controlling their eye stalks. The infected stalks resemble caterpillars, attracting birds that eat the snails. The ...

If you were hoping to eventually fall asleep tonight or perhaps ever again, you’re going to want to avert your eyes. There is a video of a “zombie snail” infected with a parasite making the rounds on ...

Leucochloridium (Leucochloridium, or Leucoclhloridium) of the fluke is a pretty unusual famous parasite, parasitic on the snail at larva. Although the parasitic snail is usually in the shadow of the ...

Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces from Imperial College London.View full profile Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum ...

Nature can be so beautiful — yet so cruel. This disco ball of a snail may look like he’s having a good time, but sadly he’s living his worst nightmare — having his body hijacked by an insidious ...

Leucochloridium variae McIntosh, 1932 See more items in Invertebrate Zoology Platyhelminthes US National Parasite Collection Parasite Collection Data Source NMNH - Invertebrate Zoology Dept.

I was ten years old when I first saw Trials of Life, David Attenborough’s landmark series on animal behaviour. Its twelve glorious episodes left an indelible mark in my mind, with unforgettable scenes ...