Giant African land snail spotted in Florida, section of county under quarantine The quarantine comes weeks after state officials found the snail in the Miramar area of Broward County, Florida, ...

When the giant African land snail first appeared in southern Florida in the 1960s, it took 10 years and a million dollars to get rid of it, according to the U.S. Agriculture Department.

The agriculture department announced in 2021 that a giant African land snail had not been found in Miami-Dade County since 2017, following an eradication effort in which more than 168,000 snails ...

The discovery of an invasive and destructive giant African land snail has put a Florida county under quarantine to prevent the species from growing. Hotspots ranked Start the day smarter ☀️ ...