ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - A type of infectious parasite has been spotted inside invasive snail species brought to Georgia, according to the Department of Natural Resources (DNR).

Frank, who wished to keep his last name private, picked up the shell-looking item and admired it. He thought about taking it home as a souvenir for his first trip to a coral reef, but decided against ...

Free-swimming stage of the trematode parasite. A single infected snail can release thousands of these tailed-stage parasites into the water every day. At this stage the parasite swims out from an ...

A recent University of Hawaii study predicts that rat lungworm disease, which is carried by snails and slugs, will spread to higher elevations as the climate warms. -- LORRIN PANG photo ...