Also known as "volcano snails," these gastropods grow a suit of metal-enriched scaly armor and have an enormous heart, which ...

The quarantine enacted Tuesday concerns stopping the spread of giant African land snails, one of which was spotted in the Miramar area of Broward County earlier this month, according to a ...

A Florida county is under quarantine due to the discovery of a fast-growing population of invasive giant African land snails. The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (FDACS ...

A giant African land snail Pest and Diseases Image Library, Bugwood.org under CC BY-NC 3.0 US (cropped) Editor’s Note, June 21, 2023: The invasive, eight-inch-long snails that have plagued ...

On June 20, Florida quarantined another county – Broward – because of the giant African land snails. Lee and Pasco counties on Florida's west coast have been under quarantine since last year.

That has actually improved somewhat due to giant python hunts with prizes. And now giant snails. While maybe not as frightening, the tiny, slow snail has found a way to attack Florida ...

MIAMI — The giant African land snail, which can grow to the size of a fist and carry a parasite that causes meningitis, was declared eradicated from South Florida last year after a decade-long ...

The African giant snail captivates as the quiet star of the terrarium scene: enormous, slimy, and intriguingly different. On social media, these creatures are becoming cult figures. However ...

Part of a Florida county was placed under quarantine this week, as officials respond to a recent giant African snail sighting in the area. The quarantine order took effect Tuesday and applies to a ...

Giant African land snails are back in Florida, spurring intensive efforts to destroy the invasive mollusks before they spread and wreak agricultural and environmental destruction. After one of the ...

When Sid the pet giant African land snail died recently, practitioners at Poppies Pre-school in Laurencekirk, Aberdeenshire ...