“Partula snails have always been part of Polynesia’s rich cultural heritage and play an important role in the ecological health of their forest habitats.” The snails feed on decaying plant ...

While the Partula snail's natural habitat is over 5,000 miles away, their survival is paramount to the world’s ecosystem. “These snails are part of a larger environment,” he said.

It wasn’t snakes on a plane to the Pacific islands of Tahiti and Moorea, but some very special snails.Over 5,000 of partula snails bred and raised at zoos in London, Scotland, and Missouri were ...

Partula snails were under imminent extinction threat in the 1980s and early 1990s after the invasive predatory rosy wolf snail (Euglandina rosea) was introduced to rid the islands of a previously ...

Partula tohiveana, or the Moorean viviparous tree snail, was native to French Polynesia before its wild population was decimated by the rosy wolf snail, a carnivorous and invasive species.

Other Partula snail species have also been marked as extinct in the wild or critically endangered. However, some Partula snails lived on in captivity. In the 1990s, ...

While releasing thousands of the rare snails back into the French Polynesian wild, conservationists stumbled upon a Partula snail, commonly known as a Polynesian tree snail, that had not been marked.

Partula tohiveana, or the Moorean viviparous tree snail, was native to French Polynesia before its wild population was decimated by the rosy wolf snail, a carnivorous and invasive species.

While releasing thousands of the rare snails back into the French Polynesian wild, conservationists stumbled upon a Partula snail, commonly known as a Polynesian tree snail, that had not been marked.

Partula tohiveana, or the Moorean viviparous tree snail, was native to French Polynesia before its wild population was decimated by the rosy wolf snail, a carnivorous and invasive species.

While releasing thousands of the rare snails back into the French Polynesian wild, conservationists stumbled upon a Partula snail, commonly known as a Polynesian tree snail, that had not been marked.

While releasing thousands of the rare snails back into the French Polynesian wild, conservationists stumbled upon a Partula snail, commonly known as a Polynesian tree snail, that had not been marked.