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 ...

Officials in Florida are again battling a highly invasive, extraordinarily destructive giant snail species that also happens to be capable of spreading parasitic worms that invade human brains. The ...

Scientists are warning that a parasitic brain worm that can be ingested through contaminated produce has been found in states around the Southeast. Rat lungworm, Angiostrongylus cantonensis, is ...

University of Queensland researchers have reared deadly cone snails in a laboratory aquarium for the first time, uncovering a potential treasure trove of new venoms for drug development. Professor ...