Itasca Waters' Water Wisdom series continues at noon on Thursday, Nov. 6, with a presentation titled "Mystery Snail Impacts on Lake Ecosystems." ...

From bee-eating hornets to carnivorous frogs, all manner of invasive plants and wildlife that don’t belong in Georgia have been introduced to the Peach State over the years, posing grave threats to ...

Environmental officials have warned about an invasive snail species recently discovered in Lake Lanier, near Atlanta, Georgia. The Georgia Department of Natural Resources Wildlife Resources Division ...

Potamopyrgus antipodarum, commonly known as the New Zealand mud snail, has emerged as a paradigm for invasive species research. Its global proliferation is underpinned by a suite of opportunistic ...

A breeding population of Chinese "mystery snails" has surfaced in a Georgia lake, prompting fears that they could spread parasites and damage property, per an advisory by the Georgia Department Of ...

One lone shell of the so-called mystery snail washed ashore last summer at Flathead Lake, the likely source being illegal aquarium dumps into the jewel waterbody. The first local evidence of the ...

Biologists have sequenced and analyzed the genomes of four apple snail species in the family Ampullariidae. The researchers discovered that the apple snails have evolved to become highly sensitive to ...

While most organisms have biological clocks synchronized with the day-night cycle (circadian rhythms), marine animals in tidal areas have also developed circatidal rhythms to align with the tidal ...