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 toxin in snails called consomatin is similar to somatostatin in humans, a peptide hormone that regulates blood sugar. In cone snail venom, consomatin’s specific and long-lasting effects help ...

The order will remain active while officials from the plant division treat properties with a metaldehyde-based molluscicide — snail bait that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has labeled ...

Within the quarantined zone, officials started using a snail bait that contains metaldehyde, a pesticide approved for use in vegetable and ornamental crops on fruit trees and other plants.

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 ...