Giant African snails may look harmless, but they carry a dangerous disease that poses a serious risk to humans and wildlife. Learn how these invasive creatures are spreading illness and what can be ...

Thousands of US Department of Agriculture employees, including food inspectors and disease-sniffing-dog trainers, remain out ...

Customs officials found six giant “highly invasive” snails with destructive potential in a traveler’s suitcase at Detroit Metropolitan Airport. The giant African snails, which were alive ...

No, this foreign invader is a snail. But what a snail it is. The giant African land snail "can grow as big as a rat and gnaw through stucco and plaster," says Reuters' Barbara Liston. Since the ...

The giant East African snail, (Achatina fúlica), listed among the world’s top 100 invasive species, extremely voracious and which can transmit deadly diseases to humans has been found in empty ...

Over the past two decades, the Gulf of Maine has become a popular landing spot for invasive species from across the world, ...

What is the Partula snail? Also known as the Polynesian tree snail or niho tree snail, the Partula snail (Partula nodosa) is actually one of several snail species of the genus—all of which are ...

It’s National Invasive Species Awareness Week ... Related: Effort begun to eradicate giant African snails in Florida According to the FWC, the Gun and Light at Night Permit authorizes ...