Souped-Up Snails

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

by Jennifer Walter

Updated: Feb. 20, 2024

Originally Published: June 15, 2021

A small white-shelled snail resting on a leaf next to a miniature computer.

Inhee Lee

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

A rosy wolf snail equipped with the Micro Mote on its back.

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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