Unlike humans, apple snails can regrow their peepers if they are injured or amputated. To do this, the snails have developed ...

According to the FWC, Florida is home to several species​, including the native Florida apple snail, and four exotic species native to South America.

The shell of an apple snail ranges from two to four inches, with some specimens reaching 6 inches tall. Every five to 14 days, the females lay bright pink egg masses just above the water on tree ...

FWC Snail Kite Conservation Coordinator Tyler Beck holds a native Florida Apple Snail shell at Lake Okeechobee in Moore Haven, Fla. on February 10, 2023.

Cajun-S-Car-Go 12 apple snails 3 sticks butter 1/2 cup vegetable oil 3 very large onions sliced 1 head of garlic minced 3 stalks of celery chopped 2 green bell peppers chopped 1 lemon sliced 1 jar ...

Apple snail eggs hanging on reeds in a Socastee pond. J. Dale Shoemaker The snails have few natural predators, but fish like shell-crackers and blue catfish can eat them, as can raccoons and otters.

After the invasive apple snails were found to be in the Everglades in 2010, populations of both birds rose. In the 1970s only 68 snail kites were thought to live in Florida.

Hermit crabs are more than happy to let snails build them a perfect home. Hermit crabs are obsessed with snail shells. These crafty little crabs, found in California's rocky intertidal zone, are ...