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 ...

If readers are experimenting with cooking and eating apple snails, they aren't reporting how it's going. After Gibson's Tim Rochel announced in 2008 that the fist-sized mollusks were becoming common ...

Native to South America, apple snails pose human health risks. Adults carry rat lungworm, which can infect humans if eaten raw or under cooked, the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission says. N.C.

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, ...

A funny looking, escargot-eating, turkey-size bird with a strange sounding name has made its way into Arkansas and Oklahoma. It limps around in marshes and woodlands of the Natural State with ...