Don’t let the title of this column fool you. Despite the title of apple snails, I am not sharing the latest escargot recipe offered up at a fancy restaurant here in The Last Green Valley (TGLV). Today ...

Apple snails can sicken humans if they are eaten raw or undercooked. Their egg masses also contain a toxin which can cause skin and eye rashes. The apple snail, a harmful invasive species, has been ...

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 ...

A recent report from the LSU AgCenter regarding the apple snail (Pomacea maculata) sheds light on this foreign invasive species that is now negatively impacting two Louisiana food staples: crawfish ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) – In Louisiana, we enjoy our fried alligator, boiled crawfish, frog legs, and other delicacies that some might classify as “exotic.” But scientists say there’s one local ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. (WGHP) — The N.C. Wildlife Resources ...

In a new study published Aug. 6 in Nature Communications, Accorsi shows that apple snail and human eyes share many anatomical and genetic features. “Apple snails are an extraordinary organism,” said ...

The eye of the apple snail is unusually similar to a human eye-but, unlike human eyes, it can regrow itself if injured or even amputated. New research from the Stowers Institute for Medical Research ...

LITTLE ROCK (KATV) — The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission (AGFC) is advising the public of the invasive South American aquatic species that have been found in recent Louisiana live crawfish shipments ...

Stuck to just about every culvert or pipe, block after block, along the West Esplanade canal, and rock after rock in outfall canals in Metairie, the apple snails that live under water have laid ...