This snail hasn't been seen in the wild in over 20 years. Biologists are working to bring it back. The Magnificent Ramshorn snail is only known to come from one part of NC but hasn't been seen in ...

A ‘charismatic’ snail The magnificent ramshorn is a lunged snail that has only been found in the Lower Cape Fear River basin. Its defining features include a shell that spirals on both sides ...

The endangered magnificent ramshorn snail is living in the wild in North Carolina again for the first time in 20 years following the reintroduction of 2,860 of the slow-moving gastropods into a pond.

The ramshorn snail is found in only four sites in the lower Cape Fear River Basin in Southeastern North Carolina. The Service designated 739 acres in Brunswick County as critical habitat for ...

WILMINGTON, N.C. — In response to a petition and lawsuit from the Center for Biological Diversity, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today issued a final rule protecting North Carolina’s magnificent ...

BRUNSWICK COUNTY, N.C. (WECT) - The North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission announced on Friday, Nov. 17, that a federally endangered snail species was reintroduced to the wild in Brunswick ...

Near-extinct NC snail is back in the wild. How one man with a passion saved a species. By Adam Wagner Updated March 27, 2024 6:04 AM ...

Scientists want the magnificent ramshorn snail, unique to southeastern North Carolina, to be declared an endangered species and two ponds named its critical habitat. The protections could help the ...

WILMINGTON, N.C.— In response to a petition and lawsuit from the Center for Biological Diversity, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today issued a final rule protecting North Carolina’s magnificent ...

Andy Wood, a biologist, took the Magnificent Ramshorn snails into captivity in the early 1990s. He has maintained a population of the snails, which have been believed to be gone from the wild for ...