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Scientists Once Thought This Snail Was Extinct. But a Surprising Discovery and Decade-Long Conservation Effort Revived the Species

In the early 1990s, scientists worried that the greater Bermuda land snail—found only on the North Atlantic Ocean archipelago ...
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Island snails are sprinting toward extinction at terrifying speed

On islands from Hawaiʻi to the Atlantic, some of the planet’s most distinctive land snails are disappearing so quickly that ...
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Meningitis-causing giant African land snail detected in Broward County

MIRAMAR, Fla. — A portion of a South Florida county is under quarantine after an invasive giant snail that causes a health risk to humans has been detected. The Florida Department of Agriculture and ...
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Neighborhoods in south FL forced to quarantine after sightings of giant snails

BROWARD COUNTY, Florida -- Some neighborhoods in Broward County in Florida are under quarantine Tuesday after sightings of invasive giant African land snails, known to be one of the most dangerous ...
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Florida County Quarantined After One of the World's 'Most Damaging Snails' Is Found in Area

Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services enacted the quarantine to stop the spread of the snail species, which poses environmental and health threats Averi Kremposky is an editorial ...

The world's largest snail is nearly one meter long and almost as heavy as a three-year-old child

A pet snail in West Sussex once stunned record keepers with a 27.3cm shell, yet ocean species grow far larger. So which snail truly claims the crown for size?
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Florida County Quarantined After One of the World's 'Most Damaging Snails' Is Found in Area

Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services enacted the quarantine to stop the spread of the snail species, which poses environmental and health threats FLPA/Shutterstock A portion of a ...