Giant African land snails are back in Florida, spurring intensive efforts to destroy the invasive mollusks before they spread and wreak agricultural and environmental destruction. After one of the ...

in the state, following recent seizures of this plant pest in schools and pet shops in several states. According to Agriculture Commissioner Britt Cobb, the land-based snails -- which are native to ...

The snail’s shell diameter averages about 22 to 30 millimeters (.87 to 1.18 inches). Each snail’s shell has a unique combination of stripes and colors, so no two are exactly alike. These snails eat ...

This analytical technique utilises the stable isotopes preserved in land snail shells as reliable proxies for reconstructing past environmental and climatic conditions. The isotopic compositions, ...

The appearance of the snails caused the state’s agriculture department to place parts of the second-largest county in Florida in quarantine, making it illegal to move the animals. By Rebecca Carballo ...

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 litter and ...

Ned, bottom, a pale-bodied snail who has a left-spiralling shell pictured with a right-spiralling snail in a small town in the Wairarapa, New Zealand, on Aug. 22, 2025. (Giselle Clarkson via AP) ...