The process of apple snail eye regeneration from amputation to full restoration occurs in four stages over 28 days: wound healing, formation of a special cell mass, emergence of a lens and retina, and ...

Many groups in the animal kingdom have the remarkable ability to regenerate their eyes, but mammals are not one of them—at least, not yet. A new study analyzed the genetic mechanisms behind the ocular ...

The eye of the apple snail is unusually similar to a human eye-but, unlike human eyes, it can regrow itself if injured or even amputated. New research from the Stowers Institute for Medical Research ...

The city of San Antonio continues to fight to remove the invasive apple snails from the San Antonio River. One solution would be to hold a Texas cook-off and have chefs from the area develop taco ...

In a new study published Aug. 6 in Nature Communications, Accorsi shows that apple snail and human eyes share many anatomical and genetic features. “Apple snails are an extraordinary organism,” said ...

The ability to regenerate lost body parts has long captured human fascination. Many creatures out in nature can perform feats of repair that far surpass our own abilities. For example, salamanders can ...

ATLANTA — Georgia's Department of Natural Resources has put out a new warning on invasive snails in the state, identified as the apple snail and mystery snail, carrying around parasites. According to ...

Slimy invaders called apple snails vex the San Antonio River ecosystem so badly that a team of River Warriors rose up to fight them. And apparently, that's a mission that content creators are here for ...

A lot of plants and animals on the endangered list are there because of invasive species, at least in part. One of those culprits is the apple snail, of which there are multiple species under the ...

The golden apple snail has camera-type eyes that are fundamentally similar to the human eye. Unlike humans, the snail can regenerate a missing or damaged eye. UC Davis biologist Alice Accorsi is ...