Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Giant African land snail spotted in Florida, section of county under quarantine: Officials A portion of a Florida county has been ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 snails are destroying crops, contaminating water, and posing health risks like meningitis in Kerala, ...

Giant African snails invade Tirunavaya schools, raising health risks for children due to disease and contamination concerns.

(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 ...

A quarantine zone has popped up in South Florida thanks not to new diseases, but rather something seemingly much more innocuous – and slimy. The quarantine enacted Tuesday concerns stopping the spread ...

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 ...

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, ...