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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

No, this foreign invader is a snail. But what a snail it is. The giant African land snail "can grow as big as a rat and gnaw through stucco and plaster," says Reuters' Barbara Liston. Since the ...

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 ...

Customs officials found six giant “highly invasive” snails with destructive potential in a traveler’s suitcase at Detroit Metropolitan Airport. The giant African snails, which were alive ...

THE local Giant African Snail (GAS) population is approaching a tipping point towards becoming an out-of-control pest, which is already contributing to higher food prices and could cause public ...

Despite appearing harmless, these formidable invaders are far from benign. African snails, also known as giant African land snails, proliferate in fields, marshlands and residential areas alike.

Customs officers at Detroit Metropolitan Airport were a bit shell-shocked when they inspected a bag and found 90 giant African land snails. The live, pungent snails — up to 6 inches in length ...