Four and twenty tailors went to kill a snail . . . Run, tailors, run, or she’ll kill you all e’n now. —Old Nursery Rhyme The sluggish snail has turned out to be far more deadly than the anonymous poet ...

The warming ocean may cause the larvae of bottom-dwelling snails to hatch earlier in the spring, when waves are larger, potentially impacting their ability to survive and serve as food for other sea ...