George, the last of his species of Hawaiian land snail, died on New Year's Day. He was approximately 14 years old. His death was confirmed by Hawaii's Department of Land and Natural Resources. George ...

On New Year’s Day, a little land snail named George died in his terrarium at the University of Hawaii. He was 14 years old—a robust age for his species, Achatinella apexfulva. But George’s passing ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Hawaii has long been dubbed the “extinction capital of the world.” That’s perhaps nowhere more evident than in a tiny lab in Kaneohe, where state scientists care for species ...

A one-inch Hawaiian snail is dead, and his species is likely gone forever. The New Year's Day death of the small, 14-year-old snail, named George by Hawaiian scientists, is yet another blow to the ...

HONOLULU (KHON2) — A rare Hawaiian snail species was given another chance at life after DLNR Snail Extinction Prevention Program officials released the first batch on Oahu. The DLNR partnered with the ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - At the state’s Rare Snail Captive Rearing Laboratory on Oahu’s Windward side, rows of clear cases hold about 2,000 of Hawaii’s rare tree snails — some, the last of their ...

HONOLULU — The last of a Hawaiian land snail species has died. The Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources says the last known Achatinella apexfulva died on New Year’s Day. It was about 14 ...

The Hawaiian tiger cowrie (Leho-kiko in Hawaiian) is a voracious predator of alien sponges such as the orange keyhole sponge, which can overgrow native corals and has become a concern as it spreads ...

George, the last of his species of Hawaiian land snail, died on New Year’s Day. He was approximately 14 years old. His death was confirmed by Hawaii’s Department of Land and Natural Resources. George ...

George, the last known Achatinella apexfulva, a Hawaiian land snail, died on New Year's Day. George, the last of his species of Hawaiian land snail, died on New Year's Day. He was approximately 14 ...

While he was but one very lonely Achatinella apexfulva, his death takes place amid a crisis for Hawaii's native snails, whose populations have... George, the last of his species of Hawaiian land snail ...