When I moved abroad, I found the slimy mollusks everywhere. Then they taught me how to adapt. By Gabe Bullard On the first morning without rain after I moved to Switzerland, I woke up, still ...

Shop owners say the thieves who took 990 pounds of snails must have been escargot cognoscenti. By Ephrat Livni It was not quite the Louvre heist, but for a village in northeastern France, the recent ...

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Santa inspired by St. Nicholas, a 4th-century bishop known for kindness and secret gift-giving. Santa's red suit popularized by Coca-Cola, earlier depictions showed him in bishop's attire. Santa's ...

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More than $100,000 worth of escargots were stolen from a French snail farmer earlier this week, French media reported, leaving the supplier scrambling to replenish its stock in time for the holiday ...

The winter solstice marks the first day of winter. For people residing in the Northern Hemisphere, Tuesday, Dec. 21, 2025, heralds the official arrival of winter (the Southern Hemisphere’s winter ...

Slimy and slow, snails may not be the most glamorous of creatures. Yet they are starring in their own exhibit at the Western Science Center in Hemet. Called “Life in the Slow Lane,” it spotlights the ...

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LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- The Los Angeles Dodgers are back in the World Series and looking to make history. Shohei Ohtani, Mookie Betts, Freddie Freeman and the rest of the Boys in Blue are facing the ...

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (TENNESSEE VALLEY LIVING) - As the temperatures cool down, you may want to curl up at home and get cozy while reading a new book. Local bookstore, Snail on the Wall, is the perfect ...