Giant African snails may look harmless, but they carry a dangerous disease that poses a serious risk to humans and wildlife. Learn how these invasive creatures are spreading illness and what can be ...

Customs officials found six giant “highly invasive” snails with destructive potential in a traveler’s suitcase at Detroit Metropolitan Airport. The giant African snails, which were alive ...

What is the Partula snail? Also known as the Polynesian tree snail or niho tree snail, the Partula snail (Partula nodosa) is actually one of several snail species of the genus—all of which are ...

The Department of Agriculture did not respond to a request for comment. Republican Senator Joni Ernst, who has been a vocal backer of DOGE’s efforts, previously publicly supported the USDA’s dog ...

The giant East African snail, (Achatina fúlica), listed among the world’s top 100 invasive species, extremely voracious and which can transmit deadly diseases to humans has been found in empty ...

No, this foreign invader is a snail. But what a snail it is. The giant African land snail "can grow as big as a rat and gnaw through stucco and plaster," says Reuters' Barbara Liston. Since the ...

The largest land snail is the Achatina achatina, also known as the Giant African Snail. Snails are invertebrates, meaning they have no backbone. Some land snails are carnivorous and feed on other ...

Giant African snail Hoping to understand where the disease might spread next, researchers in the study screened almost 1,300 snails and slugs representing 37 species from almost 200 sites around ...