It is undoubtedly true in conservation circles that things that are cute and fluffy get the most attention. After all, who can resist something as adorable as Madame Berthe’s mouse lemur? The slimier ...

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The miracle of life can be majestic at times. Other times, it’s an incredibly rare snail in New Zealand having kids out of its neck hole. In a first, officials at New Zealand’s Department of ...

A rare snail in New Zealand has laid an egg through its neck, and the stunning moment was captured on video. New Zealand's Department of Conservation said in a news release on May 7 that one of the ...

The Powelliphanta augusta snail was undergoing a routine weight check when an egg appeared from its neck Lisa Flanagan/New Zealand Department of Conservation via AP What came first, the snail or the ...

Rangers witnessed a captive Powelliphanta augusta snail lay an egg from its neck, and they managed to catch it on video for the first time ever. New Zealand Department of Conservation A small, white ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — The strange ...

If you thought human birth was seriously twisted, get a load of the Mount Augustus snail from New Zealand. This giant carnivorous gastropod pushes 5-millimeter-wide eggs out of a pore just below its ...

What came first, the snail or the egg? New footage of a rare New Zealand snail laying an egg from its neck for the first time is now picking up steam online, and it's not happening at a snail's pace.

WELLINGTON – The strange reproductive habits of a large, carnivorous New Zealand snail were once shrouded in mystery. Now footage of the snail laying an egg from its neck has been captured for the ...