Florida officials identified an invasive population of giant African land snails in the state in 2011. Under towering palms and tangled mangroves, coil-shelled creatures slowly crawl across damp ...

If you live in Florida and spot "pink blobs," make sure to keep your distance. They could be egg casings for exotic apple snails, an invasive and dangerous species that has spread quickly in the state ...

MOORE HAVEN, Fla. — In Florida's Everglades, few species are more closely tied to the habitat's health than an endangered bird, the snail kite. The Everglade snail kite is a raptor, similar to a hawk, ...

Wetlands provide habitat for apple snails, which attract endangered snail kites in the Everglades. Renee Bodine U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service The Everglades seldom benefit from invasive species.

Many visitors and residents often inquire about these cluster of eggs on plants or on concrete slabs near a body of water. There are popping up everywhere in Central Florida. These light pink eggs are ...

PLANTATION, Fla. — An invasive snail species is making itself at home in South Florida. Block after block, rock after rock, the bubblegum-looking pink masses seen in Plantation are actually made up of ...

MIAMI (Reuters) - Florida wildlife and water managers are worried about an invasive snail that is wreaking havoc on the state's billion-dollar effort to remove chemicals from the fragile Everglades.

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The population of an endangered bird, the Everglade snail kite, has rebounded recently. Scientists it's all thanks to an invasive snail that has... In Florida, an invasive snail is helping save an ...