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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...