If you look at a snail's shell, the chances are it will coil to the right. But, occasionally, you might find an unlucky one that twists in the opposite direction - as fans of Jeremy the lefty snail ...

Symmetry is a feature of many plants, animals and even some molecules — like water. But that’s not the case with snails and their coiled shells. They are chiral — asymmetrical in such a way that they ...

Let’s have a moment of silence for Jeremy, the lefty brown garden snail, found dead in a refrigerator in a British research lab. Jeremy was a rare snail, with an unusual shell that made him stand out ...

Sea butterflies flit through the ocean on gossamer wings, each species with a style of its own. These tiny marine snails, or thecosomes, migrate up to surface waters at night to feed and sink to ...

Ned, bottom, a pale-bodied snail who has a left-spiralling shell pictured with a right-spiralling snail in a small town in the Wairarapa, New Zealand, on Aug. 22, 2025. (Giselle Clarkson via AP) ...

A scientific journey that began with a lovelorn snail has provided new information regarding the cause of that snail's rare shell. The lovesick gastropod was a garden snail called Jeremy, named after ...

Snails whose shells coil counterclockwise have trouble hooking up with snails whose shells twist clockwise since their bodies don't line up properly. Turns out, the contrary snails trade awkward sex ...