New Zealand is no stranger to unique flora and fauna, and that includes the land snail Powelliphanta augusta. These rare hermaphroditic snails are only found in New Zealand and much of their lives ...

Kolhapur: Researchers have discovered a new land snail species, ‘Theobaldius konkanensis sp. nov', from Maharashtra's coastal region. ‘Konkanensis' reflects the endemic range of this snail to ...

A total of 90 giant African land snails have been seized by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s in Detroit from a passenger arriving from Ghana, authorities said.

There are about 43,000 living snail species. Three of them have become invasive pests in China, Colombia, India, Barbados, Hawaii, and many other corners of the world: Achatina achatina ...

Although "Invasion of the Killer Snails" sounds like the title of a 1950s horror film, it could just as well be a recent headline in a South Florida newspaper. First, a bit of history: In the ...

Giant African land snails first showed up in the U.S. in Miami in 1966, triggering an extensive eradication program that lasted nine years. But the ravenous snails returned to Miami in 2011, ...

You see, giant African land snails are voracious eaters known to consume more than 500 types of plants including important crops like beans, peas, cucumbers, and melons.

Parts of Broward County, Florida, are under quarantine after a giant African land snail — described as "one of the most damaging snails in the world" — was detected earlier this month ...

Last month a wooden crate containing 3,000 snails traveled from the north of England to Bermuda as part of a conservation project to prevent the lesser Bermuda land snail from going extinct.

The snail was first identified in Florida in the 1960s and it took about 10 years to eradicate the over 18,000 snails and eggs, which are known to carry a meningitis-causing parasite.

Agriculture-devastating and parasitic-carrying giant African land snails are threatening parts of Broward County. Wed, 29 Jan 2025 22:25:23 GMT (1738189523076) Story Infinite Scroll ...