Asked if they were harmful to human health, an expert said that a 2023 report published in Switzerland says Giant African ...

BROWARD COUNTY, Florida -- Some neighborhoods in Broward County in Florida are under quarantine Tuesday after sightings of invasive giant African land snails, known to be one of the most dangerous ...

ATLANTA, Georgia (KTRK) -- A woman flying into the U.S. from a trip out of the country didn't make it back home with all her souvenirs before getting stopped by airport customs for bringing back ...

Florida’s Pasco County has been under quarantine for over a week, thanks to a growing population of invasive, disease-carrying giant snails. The giant African land snail is native to, well, Africa, ...

These snails can carry the parasitic nematode Angiostrongylus cantonensis, commonly known as the rat lungworm, which can cause eosinophilic meningitis in humans. Infections typically occur through ...

Invasive animals can have negative impacts on the environment, like the Burmese pythons in Florida that are spreading along the coast, the foreign invasive bug that threatens the US with $20 billion ...