At one Idaho State Park, the sweet treats are being used as a way to combat the invasive species. "It makes a weird connection, doesn't it?" joked Mary McGraw, who manages Round Lake state park in ...

There have been more reports recently of the Chinese mystery snail showing up in Nova Scotia ponds and lakes. (Submitted by Patricia Mombourquette - image credit) When Patricia Mombourquette was ...

It’s spreading at a lot faster than a snail’s pace. As if the US Southeast wasn’t inundated with enough invasive critters from Asia: A breeding population of Chinese “mystery snails” has surfaced in a ...

I am often asked how I determine what topics to cover in each week’s Conservation Corner column. Sometimes it is a current environmental event that can have a local relevance (17-year cicada emergence ...

When Patricia Mombourquette was getting ready for a swim in Lake Micmac last week, she was greeted by a foul stench and the unsightly presence of hundreds of dead snails that had floated to the ...