From time to time, people will bring snail shells in to the UF/IFAS Extension Flagler County office in Bunnell for us to identify. One snail sometimes found in and around storm water swales is the non ...

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, ...

The snail kite is a very unusual bird because it survives almost exclusively on the apple snail. Its slender, deeply hooked, curved bill is adapted for extracting the apple snail from its shell. The ...

Sometimes this summer, as Bernard Husson has mowed the grass between his white picket fence and the stormwater pond in his neighborhood, he’s noticed something strange: Bubblegum-pink sacks of eggs ...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (KAIT/Edited News Release) - The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission needs the public’s help in preventing the spread of giant apple snails, an invasive aquatic species native to South ...

Editor's note: This is an occasional series from the Louisiana Master Naturalists of Greater Baton Rouge. That bright pink “bubblegum” you may see clinging to cypress knees along the banks of bayous ...

Our country has for centuries had troubles with the introduction of creatures previously unknown here, which encountering ideal conditions and no natural enemies, destructively overran their new ...

LAKE CHARLES, La. (KPLC) - A non-native invasive species continues to be a growing problem in Southwest Louisiana. Apple snails can overpopulate and steal resources away from native species, consuming ...