"In Polynesian cultural heritage, each unique Partula snail shell represents an island. When humans introduced the predatory rosy wolf snail to the region to manage another invasive snail species, it wrecked Partula snail populations." buff.ly/4eSfPJI
500 snails mailed to Tahiti to reclaim their natural habitat
The literal snail mail is all to help save extinct-in-the-wild ‘Partula’ snails.
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November 7, 2026 at 8:02 PM
"In Polynesian cultural heritage, each unique Partula snail shell represents an island. When humans introduced the predatory rosy wolf snail to the region to manage another invasive snail species, it wrecked Partula snail populations." buff.ly/4eSfPJI
🐌The triumphant return of those glow-in-the-dark wonders, partula snails!
October 7, 2026 at 5:58 PM
🐌The triumphant return of those glow-in-the-dark wonders, partula snails!
A crazy week: meeting new students & organising teaching for the new term, taking up my new role as Admissions Tutor @peterhousecam.bsky.social, fielding press enquiries for a paper coming out tonight (teaser photo), planning the next round of Partula reintroductions and its only Wednesday!
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October 7, 2026 at 4:04 PM
A crazy week: meeting new students & organising teaching for the new term, taking up my new role as Admissions Tutor @peterhousecam.bsky.social, fielding press enquiries for a paper coming out tonight (teaser photo), planning the next round of Partula reintroductions and its only Wednesday!
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quite amazing, snail mail was used by a zoo, to send 500 real living snails to another zoo.
#animalkingdom
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#animalkingdom
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500 snails mailed to Tahiti to reclaim their natural habitat
The literal snail mail is all to help save extinct-in-the-wild ‘Partula’ snails.
www.popsci.com
October 1, 2026 at 9:32 AM
quite amazing, snail mail was used by a zoo, to send 500 real living snails to another zoo.
#animalkingdom
www.popsci.com/environment/...
#animalkingdom
www.popsci.com/environment/...
Final field day for this years Partula snail reintroductions. Checking up on the nodosa we released last week. All good, thanks to great work from the environment team on Tahiti and the zoos that coordinated sending the snails here @zslofficial.bsky.social @saintlouiszoo.bsky.social and Schwerin Zoo
September 27, 2026 at 3:42 AM
Final field day for this years Partula snail reintroductions. Checking up on the nodosa we released last week. All good, thanks to great work from the environment team on Tahiti and the zoos that coordinated sending the snails here @zslofficial.bsky.social @saintlouiszoo.bsky.social and Schwerin Zoo
Yesterday was a check-up on snails released on Raiatea last week. All very positive. Partula always do the unexpected, especially when you are confident you know what to expect. Released ground-living P navigatoria found 4 m up trees. Thats great as ground releases are risky with predatory flatworms
September 25, 2026 at 5:16 PM
Yesterday was a check-up on snails released on Raiatea last week. All very positive. Partula always do the unexpected, especially when you are confident you know what to expect. Released ground-living P navigatoria found 4 m up trees. Thats great as ground releases are risky with predatory flatworms
Detroit Zoo and Audubon Nature Institute have shipped 500 and 200 Partula snails respectively to Tahiti as part of an international recovery program that has returned 11 Partula species from extinction in…
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500 snails mailed to Tahiti to reclaim their natural habitat
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September 20, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Detroit Zoo and Audubon Nature Institute have shipped 500 and 200 Partula snails respectively to Tahiti as part of an international recovery program that has returned 11 Partula species from extinction in…
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Late August 2026. London Zoo put almost everything it keeps on a scale. Humboldt penguins walk the plate on the way to breakfast. If one refuses that day, that day is skipped. A Partula snail stays under one gram. Capybaras follow the greens. The record goes into ZIMS.
September 20, 2026 at 1:10 AM
Late August 2026. London Zoo put almost everything it keeps on a scale. Humboldt penguins walk the plate on the way to breakfast. If one refuses that day, that day is skipped. A Partula snail stays under one gram. Capybaras follow the greens. The record goes into ZIMS.
500 snails mailed to Tahiti to reclaim their natural habitat.
Okay, one time a zoo released some of their bred animals, but usually they only espose them like goods.
www.popsci.com/environment/...
@johnrplatt.bsky.social
Okay, one time a zoo released some of their bred animals, but usually they only espose them like goods.
www.popsci.com/environment/...
@johnrplatt.bsky.social
500 snails mailed to Tahiti to reclaim their natural habitat
The literal snail mail is all to help save extinct-in-the-wild ‘Partula’ snails.
www.popsci.com
September 20, 2026 at 3:44 AM
500 snails mailed to Tahiti to reclaim their natural habitat.
Okay, one time a zoo released some of their bred animals, but usually they only espose them like goods.
www.popsci.com/environment/...
@johnrplatt.bsky.social
Okay, one time a zoo released some of their bred animals, but usually they only espose them like goods.
www.popsci.com/environment/...
@johnrplatt.bsky.social
An exhausting but very productive day: climbing Mt Marau and finding interesting rare snail species: Partula otaheitana which is Critically Endangered, P. cytherea which hasn't been seen alive since 1930, and one that I can't identify at the moment. 🌏🐌
September 21, 2026 at 5:36 AM
An exhausting but very productive day: climbing Mt Marau and finding interesting rare snail species: Partula otaheitana which is Critically Endangered, P. cytherea which hasn't been seen alive since 1930, and one that I can't identify at the moment. 🌏🐌
Now back on Tahiti. Progress on Moorea was reasonable; the higlight being discovering a previously unknown population of the Critically Endangered Partula taeniata.
September 20, 2026 at 7:15 AM
Now back on Tahiti. Progress on Moorea was reasonable; the higlight being discovering a previously unknown population of the Critically Endangered Partula taeniata.
Partula taeniata, also called the Moorean viviparous tree snail, is a species of terrestrial gastropod in the Partulidae family.
IUCN status: Critically Endangered
IUCN status: Critically Endangered
September 18, 2026 at 9:46 PM
Partula taeniata, also called the Moorean viviparous tree snail, is a species of terrestrial gastropod in the Partulidae family.
IUCN status: Critically Endangered
IUCN status: Critically Endangered
The literal snail mail is all to help save extinct-in-the-wild ‘Partula’ snails.
www.popsci.com/environment/...
www.popsci.com/environment/...
500 snails mailed to Tahiti to reclaim their natural habitat
The literal snail mail is all to help save extinct-in-the-wild ‘Partula’ snails.
www.popsci.com
September 17, 2026 at 3:16 PM
The literal snail mail is all to help save extinct-in-the-wild ‘Partula’ snails.
www.popsci.com/environment/...
www.popsci.com/environment/...
Radio-tracking Partula snails does work! They have not had time to go very far, so the real test will be next week. This is encouraging for snail conservation so far.
September 18, 2026 at 6:17 PM
Radio-tracking Partula snails does work! They have not had time to go very far, so the real test will be next week. This is encouraging for snail conservation so far.
Partula reintroductions continue: three species returned to Raiatea yesterday, and more releases of Partula nodosa on Tahiti today🐌
September 16, 2026 at 8:09 AM
Partula reintroductions continue: three species returned to Raiatea yesterday, and more releases of Partula nodosa on Tahiti today🐌
2026 Partula reintroductions are underway. Today we tried something new: release of radio-tagged Partula tohiveana, bred at Schwerin Zoo. The tiny tags made by
@celltracktech.bsky.social
make it possible, but we wont know for a few days if they help us solve the mystery of Partula dispersal
@celltracktech.bsky.social
make it possible, but we wont know for a few days if they help us solve the mystery of Partula dispersal
September 14, 2026 at 3:23 AM
2026 Partula reintroductions are underway. Today we tried something new: release of radio-tagged Partula tohiveana, bred at Schwerin Zoo. The tiny tags made by
@celltracktech.bsky.social
make it possible, but we wont know for a few days if they help us solve the mystery of Partula dispersal
@celltracktech.bsky.social
make it possible, but we wont know for a few days if they help us solve the mystery of Partula dispersal
500 snails mailed to Tahiti to reclaim their natural habitat
->Popular Science | More on "Partula snails Tahiti conservation effort" at BigEarthData.ai | #ecosystem #natural habitat
->Popular Science | More on "Partula snails Tahiti conservation effort" at BigEarthData.ai | #ecosystem #natural habitat
500 snails mailed to Tahiti to reclaim their natural habitat
Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Email address Thank you! By signing up, you confirm you are 16+, will receive newsletters and promotional content and agree to our Terms of Use and acknowledge the data practices in our Privacy Policy. You may unsubscribe at any time. Staff at St. Louis Zoo in St. Louis, Missouri recently opened up a very special delivery in the mail: an overnight shipment of 500 adult Partula snails. Their journey began at the Detroit Zoo in Royal Oak, Michigan, and it’s not quite over yet. The small invertebrates’ final destination is Tahiti, where they will be released into the wild as part of an international effort to reestablish wild populations of Partula snails. “The snails are sent ‘priority overnight’ via either FedEx or UPS. The snails are carefully packed using insulating materials and special ‘phase change’ packs to stabilize the temperature inside,” Mark Vassallo, Curator of Amphibians at the Detroit Zoological Society, tells Popular Science. “Currently the Detroit Zoological Society bred snails are taking a pit-stop at St. Louis Zoo where they will be fed a special diet in order to prepare them for the wild.” Partula snails are small, tree-dwelling...
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September 13, 2026 at 2:53 PM
> Nearly 1000 Partula snails across eight different species were prepped for reintroduction to the wild--including carefully painting each snail with UV-reflective paint & protective topcoat.
It's another vital step in the recovery of these snails, which were once extinct in the wild.
[London Zoo]
It's another vital step in the recovery of these snails, which were once extinct in the wild.
[London Zoo]
September 9, 2026 at 3:55 PM
> Nearly 1000 Partula snails across eight different species were prepped for reintroduction to the wild--including carefully painting each snail with UV-reflective paint & protective topcoat.
It's another vital step in the recovery of these snails, which were once extinct in the wild.
[London Zoo]
It's another vital step in the recovery of these snails, which were once extinct in the wild.
[London Zoo]
From capybaras to penguins and tiny snails, animals big and small were coaxed onto the scales for London Zoo’s annual weigh-in.
Capybara siblings Kiwi and Gizmo tipped the scales at 45kg and 50.5kg - while some tiny Partula snails weighed less than a single gram.
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Capybara siblings Kiwi and Gizmo tipped the scales at 45kg and 50.5kg - while some tiny Partula snails weighed less than a single gram.
More on Virgin Media Play
August 25, 2026 at 9:04 AM
From capybaras to penguins and tiny snails, animals big and small were coaxed onto the scales for London Zoo’s annual weigh-in.
Capybara siblings Kiwi and Gizmo tipped the scales at 45kg and 50.5kg - while some tiny Partula snails weighed less than a single gram.
More on Virgin Media Play
Capybara siblings Kiwi and Gizmo tipped the scales at 45kg and 50.5kg - while some tiny Partula snails weighed less than a single gram.
More on Virgin Media Play
HEDEF DIŞI TÜRLER YOK OLDU Aktarılan bilgilere göre, getirilen etçil salyangoz türü hedef alınan dev Afrika salyangozu yerine, ağaçlarda yaşayan ve daha kolay av olan endemik Partula salyangozlarına yöneldi.…
August 24, 2026 at 5:27 AM
HEDEF DIŞI TÜRLER YOK OLDU Aktarılan bilgilere göre, getirilen etçil salyangoz türü hedef alınan dev Afrika salyangozu yerine, ağaçlarda yaşayan ve daha kolay av olan endemik Partula salyangozlarına yöneldi.…
Example: London Zoo maintains multiple species of extinct-in-the-wild Partula snails so that they can hopefully be re-released when their islands are cleared of invasive predators. Stuff like this is happening all over the place. www.londonzoo.org/conservation...
Zoo conservation goes big for tiny snails | London Zoo
Since 1994 we’ve been co-ordinating the conservation breeding programme for 25 species of partula snail in 16 zoos worldwide.
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August 22, 2026 at 4:53 PM
Example: London Zoo maintains multiple species of extinct-in-the-wild Partula snails so that they can hopefully be re-released when their islands are cleared of invasive predators. Stuff like this is happening all over the place. www.londonzoo.org/conservation...