A case of mistaken identity sparked a false alarm this week when word spread that the giant African snail - a voracious mollusk that poses a potential health threat to humans - had come to town. Turns ...

"Giant African land snails are illegal to own in the U.S. due to their potential to destroy ecosystems and carry disease." "These snails are considered a destructive invasive species that can harm ...

Giant African land snails are phenomenal creatures. As you can see from the magnificent specimen in this Instagram post, they can grow the length of an adult human hand. The person in the image looks ...

Hundreds of non-native animal & plant species live in Florida. They prey on native critters & damage native ecosystems.

The giant African land snail was spotted by a master gardener in Pasco County, Florida; officials confirmed its appearance on June 23. Giant African land snails can carry a parasite called rat ...

Two giant albino land snails were "lucky" to survive after they were abandoned by a previous owner. The pair were found in a vivarium that had been dumped in the bushes near Ingram Avenue in Aylesbury ...

WHO said snails are slow? About one hundred years ago, a giant African land snail began heading for the far corners of the earth. Wherever it traveled, destruction went with it. During the war in the ...

The invasive shelled gastropods, which are native to Africa, are carrying the parasite lungworm that leads to meningitis in humans. This quarantine will last for two years, but unlike the coronavirus ...

The big, bad snails are in the news again. Sixty-seven giant African snails recently confiscated at Los Angeles International Airport have been identified by U.S. Department of Agriculture experts as ...