From spiders to scorpions, some 1000 different invertebrate species are traded globally as pets. This is bad for biodiversity ...

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.

THE Giant African snail (GAS), known as a major pest, is gaining traction as a delicacy in Trinidad and Tobago.

Ninety giant African snails were confiscated by US Customs and Border Protection at the Detroit Metropolitan Airport late last month, the agency said in a news release Tuesday. An "odd odor ...

Ninety giant African snails were confiscated by US Customs and Border Protection at the Detroit Metropolitan Airport late last month, the agency said in a news release Tuesday.

Ninety giant African snails were confiscated by US Customs and Border Protection at the Detroit Metropolitan Airport late last month, the agency said in a news release Tuesday.

Giant African land snails made their way to Florida in 1966, when a boy brought three of the snails home from a trip to Hawaii, where they were already invasive. His grandmother later set them free .

The Giant African snails are known to eat at least 500 different kinds of live plants including beans, peanuts, cucumbers, melons, and entire trees and bushes.

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 ...