EditorialThe waterfall, a habitat for Chittenango ovate amber snails, at Chittenango Falls State Park, in Cazenovia, in central New York, Aug. 25, 2022. (Jessica Suarez/The New York Times)
EditorialGiusy Pappalardo shows one her cultivated snails, for which the region is famous, that has died in the extreme heat, in the town of Floridia, Sicily, Aug. 13, 2021. (Fabio Bucciarelli/The New York Times)