Slugs are wreaking havoc across British gardens as the wet weather continues into summer 2024. Gardening legend Alan Tichmarsh has compared them to bed bugs, admitting he chucks them over his fence to ...

This article was originally featured on The Conversation. Wander through your backyard or walk along a stream and it’s likely you’ll see a snail – small, squishy animals with shells on their backs.

A Terrestrial snail sucker, a snake common to South America, has been caught feasting on an invasive bean slug in a car park in Mexico. This finding could lead to new methods of control for this ...

are essentially snails without shells, terrestrial cousins of clams and oysters. They are gastropods, slime-producing mollusks that carry their stomachs inside their single “foot,” which is also their ...

Nothing beats a warm spring rain to bring on the slime patrol. When it comes to slugs and snails in the garden, and boy do we have a ton of them on the North Coast, a good approach is to think of ...

If you're looking for slug repellent plants then you've come to the right place. Here we round up the best plants – flowers, crops and shrubs – that will not fall prey to these slippery garden ...

Q: My fellow gardeners encouraged me to contact North Dakota State University Extension with my hosta issue. The hostas are planted in a shady area, are three years old, and have been happy until this ...

Regardless of their slow pace slugs and snails have a terrible habit of turning up unexpectedly in gardens, munching on your prized plants and leaving nothing but destruction in their wake. Slugs and ...