For more than 100,000 years, coastal communities have harvested abalone (genus Haliotis). These gastropods, which are found ...

The lake covers land in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania in eastern Africa, and the southern end is now home to two newly ...

There was nothing to indicate that these animals, when released, could represent the future of an entire species. Lesser Bermuda land snails, as the name suggests, originate from the archipelago ...

Commonly found in backyard gardens throughout the world, snails live a very interesting life. But how long do snails live, and what is the average life cycle like for a snail? These creatures are very ...

The snail is known to eat at least 500 different plant species. A portion of a Florida county has been placed under quarantine as state officials work to get rid of the giant African land snail ...

This fact led researchers to conclude that hairiness offers snails an evolutionary advantage, according to study author Adrienne Jochum. Eight species of the tropical land snail family have been ...

An invasive species of mollusk with no natural predators ... "Under the quarantine, it is unlawful to move a giant African land snail or a regulated article, including, but not limited to, plants ...

The species, the giant African land snail, was detected earlier this month in Miramar, Fla., north of Miami. On Tuesday, after completing a survey of the area, state agriculture officials decided ...

A giant African land snail was spotted in Broward County, forcing part of it into quarantine. The snail is among the world's most invasive species and lays thousands of eggs at a time. It eats ...

Scientists discovered a new species of carnivorous land snail resembling “flying saucers” in Papua New Guinea, according to a new study. John Slapcinsky While sifting through a pile of leaf ...