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 ...

Large-headed beetles can readily crush snail shells with their powerful jaws, but cannot insert their oversized heads into the shells. Small-headed beetles can insert their heads into the shells for ...

As part of their project BioSCAN - devoted to the exploration of the unknown insect diversity in and around the city of Los Angeles - the scientists at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County ...

KAPLAN, La. (AP) — Josh Courville has harvested crawfish his whole life, but these days, he's finding a less welcome catch in some of the fields he manages in southern Louisiana. Snails. Big ones. For ...

Scientists are discovering plenty of minute insects that are new to science, but they are still only guessing what the lifestyles of some of these species are. Scientists have now found out that one ...