Souped-Up Snails

Look: A computer smaller than a penny just solved an ecological mystery

by Jennifer Walter
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Inhee Lee

Meet Partula hyalina. This white-shelled snail is native to the island of Tahiti.

Inhee Lee

Invasive snails, namely the giant African land snail and rosy wolf snail (pictured below), have hunted P. hyalina and other native species for decades.

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