By Stephen Beech via SWNS 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 ...

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 ...

But lurking behind the snail bait is a danger often underestimated, affecting more than just snails. For children and pets, its use can become a deadly trap. Slug bait is among the most commonly ...

This killer snail could save your life Harvard’s Mandë Holford studies venomous sea creatures as she searches for new medicines to treat cancer and pain.

The bait, known as metaldehyde, works by disrupting the mucus production ability of snails and slugs. It reduces their digestion and mobility and makes them susceptible to dehydration.

The Gi­ant African Snail “Lis­sachati­na fuli­ca” (pre­vi­ous­ly “Achati­na fuli­ca”) is a plant pest that was smug­gled in­to Trinidad in 2008 and has since spread to dif­fer­ent parts of the ...

Truffle hunters in Italy are poisoning their competitors' dogs with snail bait in a war for the 'black gold' that goes for up to $5,000 per pound ...

We are having a terrible time with snails and maybe slugs in our garden. I see snails sometimes in our home orchard, too. We’ve used snail bait, but it doesn’t last very long, so we need to ...

State workers have collected more than 1,000 of the mollusks and continue to treat a quarantine zone with snail poison. NEW PORT RICHEY — When a Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services ...