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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...