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.

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.

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.

Giant African land snails — seen here in 2019 — have been spotted recently in three counties in Florida, spurring state officials to enact quarantines and eradication efforts against the ...