S yrinx aruanus, known as the most giant snail in the world, is known for its appearance and size. With an impressive shell ...

Beige- and cream-colored stripes cover the snail’s spiraled shell, which protects the snail ... In 1967, the French Polynesian government allowed the giant African land snail to be imported ...

The Mid Norfolk and North Suffolk branch received the giant African land snails ... numbers do not spiral out of control". The snails can grow to shell sizes of 18cm (7in) by 9cm (3.5in) and ...

"We know that today's checkerboard worm lizards like to eat snails by breaking open their shells. We can now assume ... The world's largest worm lizard: a new giant trogonophid (Squamata ...

one hungry giant with a soft-spot for snails. Recent fieldwork in Eocene levels of the Natural Park of Djebel Chambi, Tunisia, “led to the discovery of one of the oldest records of Amphisbaenia ...

No, this foreign invader is a snail. But what a snail it is. The giant African land snail "can grow as big as a rat and gnaw through stucco and plaster," says Reuters' Barbara Liston. Since the ...

Customs officers at Detroit Metropolitan Airport were a bit shell-shocked when they inspected a bag and found 90 giant African land snails. The live, pungent snails — up to 6 inches in length ...

Eight Giant African land snails have been found abandoned in bushes in Sheffield. The mammoth molluscs, whose shells are 5cm across, were found by a member of the public at Hartley Brooke Dyke in ...

The giant African land snail may look friendly, but the state of Florida has gone to great lengths to eradicate it — twice. Now, the slimy creatures are back again. Officials confirmed on June ...