The giant African land snail may look friendly, but the state of Florida has gone to great lengths to eradicate it — twice. Now, the slimy creatures are back again. Officials confirmed on June ...
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 ...
African giant land snails are difficult to curb, because they reproduce quickly and abundantly. A single snail can lay up to 2,500 eggs in a single year. Many species of Partula snails were wiped ...
New research reveals that the invasive Apple Snail—which threatens rice crops—could spread further in Africa. The study is ...
Six Giant African Snails were recently seized at Detroit Metro Airport. U.S. Customs and Border Protection said the live snails were brought by a traveler who arrived in the United States from Ghana.
Eight Giant African land snails have been found abandoned in bushes in Sheffield. The mammoth molluscs, whose shells are 5cm across, were found by a member of the public at Hartley Brooke Dyke in ...
A passenger arriving from Nigeria initially disclosed the dried beef in her suitcase, before adding 15 giant African land snails to her declaration. The snails, which were handed over to the US ...
US Customs and Border Protection agents seized more than a dozen live giant African land snails from a traveler at a Texas airport, officials said this week. Fifteen of the snails - which can grow ...