In southwest Miami, a small subdivision is being called "ground zero" of an invasion by a destructive, non-native species. "It's us against the snails," Richard Gaskalla, head of plant industry for ...

Florida has won — at least for now — a battle against an invasive snail that can grow to be eight inches long, eat 500 kinds of plants and the stucco off your house. The slimy invaders also carry a ...

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — It’s an 8-inch master of disaster: a snail that can eat the stucco off your house and give you meningitis. But it’s been eliminated from Florida. Again. Officials announced ...

With its beaches, sunshine and amusement parks, Florida can be a wonderful place. Lately, however, one giant and often misplaced organism after another has invaded the state. First, it was the snakes.