Giant African snails are spreading into new regions, bringing with them a parasite known to cause serious illness in humans.

I am a local business owner. I am a mother. I ship snails from Elyria to homes across Ohio and beyond. It may sound unusual, ...

In Eating Behind Bars, author Leslie Soble details how food is used to further punish incarcerated people in the US At best you get “mystery meat”. Or “sour-smelling heaps” of macaroni. In the worst ...

What began as a few creekside adventures has grown into a colorful and unexpected small business, centered entirely on snails. Lady Astrid’s Snails, owned and operated by Elyria resident Hali Hart, ...

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The scientific community would have you believe that snails come in many, many different varieties, but there’s a much simpler way to classify them: pesky and not pesky. Your typical garden snail ...

Carbondale on Friday and Saturday hosted its second Carbondalien Festival, a celebration of a tale that began on Nov. 9, 1974, when a group of teenagers told police they saw a red, sparking ball cross ...

Join Itasca Waters for “Practical Water Wisdom: A Virtual Learning Series”: noon, Nov. 6. Topic: “Mystery Snail Impacts on Lake Ecosystems,” featuring Sarah Kingsbury, senior aquatic invasive species ...

An invasive mollusk from China has been found in a lake in Missouri. Due to its highly invasive nature, officials were called briskly to intervene. The staff of the Missouri Department of Conservation ...

Study of rotting human cadavers hints that a puzzling chemical marker in Neanderthal remains could be from eating the larvae. The finding adds to the picture that researchers are painting of how our ...

A water creature called the Chinese mystery snail is appearing more frequently across Nova Scotia, prompting concern from local water experts about the health of lakes and ponds, according to CBC News ...