Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Florida has waged two eradication wars against the Giant African land snail, a voracious eater that can wreak havoc on the state's ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A quarantine zone has popped up for select neighborhoods throughout Broward County this week after sightings of the invasive giant ...

(CNN) – An airplane passenger tried to bring something extra slimy into the United States last month. Customs and Border Protection said 90 African land snails were found in the luggage of a passenger ...

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 ...

A South Florida county was put under quarantine on Tuesday after an infestation of the invasive giant African land snail was identified in the hopes of eradicating the dangerous mollusk, which can ...

An invasive species of mollusk with no natural predators has forced the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (FDCAS) to issue a quarantine order for a community in Broward County, ...

Invasive giant African land snails have now popped up in three counties across the state, it's bad news for plants and people. Reading time 3 minutes The boys are back in town. Except, technically, ...

Parts of Florida's Broward County were placed under quarantine after a giant African land snail was spotted in the area, CBS News reported. Adult snails of this species can grow up to eight inches and ...

Although "Invasion of the Killer Snails" sounds like the title of a 1950s horror film, it could just as well be a recent headline in a South Florida newspaper. First, a bit of history: In the 1920s, ...