Deadly sea snail poison could be key to making better drugs to treat diabetes, according to a new study. The toxin from one of the most venomous creatures on the planet may lead to new medicines ...

The Globe spoke with Holford about her passion for poison and why this once-niche ... you could make a collection out of, particularly snails, because most natural history museums have a snail ...

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laced with snail bait and strychnine, intended for their specially-trained pooches. Laced hot dog pieces and bits of meatball are tossed into the wooded hills by competitive foragers aiming to ...

The state will treat properties in the area with a molluscicide (snail bait) 26 times, followed by several surveys — including one performed by a dog specially trained to detect the snails.

Florida agriculture officials are using a snail bait that contains metaldehyde, a pesticide approved for residential use, to kill the snails. The giant African land snail has been eradicated twice ...