SAN DIEGO — A parasite commonly called "the zombie snail" has been found at Lake Murray. In 2019, a student of Scripps Institution of Oceanography Professor Ryan Hechinger found a snail that looked a ...

It’s known as the geographer cone, the geography cone, or the geographic cone, and it’s the world’s most venomous of the 500 ...

The natural world is always fascinating, with millions of unique species for us to explore and research. But now and again, nature presents us with something so strange that it is, frankly, bizarre.

In the forests of Europe, a snail begins to glow and pulse in neon hues. It’s not alive in the way it once was, it’s ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. NEW PORT RICHEY, Fla. (WFLA) — An invasive, ...

A breeding population of Chinese "mystery snails" has surfaced in a Georgia lake, prompting fears that they could spread parasites and damage property, per an advisory by the Georgia Department Of ...

Some of these invasive garden snails spread serious diseases, while others cause severe damage to fruits and other crops, so ensure you know how to spot them.

The squishy little parasites are less than an inch long, but they cause a globe-girdling disease variously known as schistosomiasis, bilharziasis, or simply snail fever. The more man does to increase ...

NEW PORT RICHEY, Fla. (WFLA) — An invasive, giant snail species, that can also lead to outbreaks of meningitis, has been found in New Port Richey, Florida. The Florida Department of Agriculture and ...