Russell has a PhD in the history of medicine, violence, and colonialism. His research has explored topics including ethics, science governance, and medical involvement in violent contexts. Russell has ...

"One of the most invasive pests on the planet" is back like a bad dream to haunt Florida once again. Amanda Kooser Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a twist for CNET.

Would you eat this? Louisiana officials are warning the state’s cooks to be wary if they try to eat the invasive giant apple snails spreading in swamps. The snails are native to South America.

In the ocean off the coast of Antarctica, a snail lives around scorching hydrothermal vents. Its name is Gigantopelta chessoia. From the outside, it looks like any other shelled slug. But on the ...

What if you could employ land snails in a similar zero-waste system? Instead of homegrown vegetables, the ultimate yield for your table would be escargots, those glistening nuggets of protein. Yes, ...

CLEARWATER, Fla. (WFLA) — Florida Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried spoke at the Florida Department of Agriculture’s Division of Plant Industry Office in Clearwater about the ongoing eradication ...

The French are the world’s biggest snail-eaters, consuming about 25,000 tonnes a year—equivalent to 700 million individual snails. To meet demand, snails are mostly raised in farms. It is important to ...

In the forests of New Zealand's North Island, park rangers have been working for more than a decade to save a threatened population of giant snails. Now, these are not your average garden snails. They ...