Rising demand for healthy proteins, snail-based cosmetics, and export opportunities have driven a surge in Nigeria’s snail ...

Yet, in many other parts of Nigeria, the snail is a delicacy, highly prized due to its rich, collagen-heavy mucus, which some cosmetic firms now consider more valuable than gold.

Rediscovery of giant African land snail prompts quarantine in Florida's Pasco County 00:50. The reappearance of an invasive snail species forced state officials to enact a quarantine order two ...

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 ...

The snail is known to eat at least 500 different plant species. A portion of a Florida county has been placed under quarantine as state officials work to get rid of the giant African land snail ...

A giant African land snail in Miami in 2015. The species has already been eradicated twice in Florida since it was first detected in the state in 1969, according to the Florida agriculture department.

A total of 90 giant African land snails have been seized by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection's Office of Field Operations in Detroit from a passenger arriving from Ghana, authorities said.