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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

BROWARD COUNTY, Fla. — Parts of Broward County are under quarantine after the return of the invasive African land snail. The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services ordered parts of ...

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 ...

They’re not escargot-ing anywhere. State officials placed part of a Florida city under quarantine Tuesday as they race to eradicate the invasive, parasite-carrying giant African snail. The 3.5-mile ...

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, ...