UK zoo says tiny snail 'back from brink' of extinction

A pea-sized snail also known as Bermuda land snail once thought to have disappeared from the face of the Earth has been brought back from the edge of extinction, a British zoo said Saturday.

The Bermuda land snail had not been spotted for years until a cluster of shells was caught slowly slithering through an alleyway in the capital Hamilton in 2014. Some were flown to Chester Zoo, where experts spent years building up the population. "It's amazing that they had actually been able to save this species," said Katie Kelton from Chester Zoo.