Once-Extinct Snail Species Found Breeding in the Wild After 40 Years in French Polynesia

2024-09-26 4,068

A remarkable discovery in French Polynesia—wild-born adult *Partula tohiveana* snails have been found in the wild for the first time in 40 years. Buzz60’s Maria Mercedes Galuppo has the story.

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