Slugs and snails are notorious leaf chewers in vegetable, flower, and fruit gardens. Both belong to the animal family called ...

‘I love snails and slugs! I just think they’re fascinating,’ says Jon Ablett, our Curator of Molluscs. ‘They’re an unnoticed part of our biodiversity, so it’s my mission to make people look around and ...

When darkness falls, your garden becomes a feast for hungry pests. One everyday food hero promises to protect your blooms ...

Hawaiʻi is considered the epicenter of rat lungworm disease, which is spread when people accidentally consume snails and ...

The average garden in the UK contains more than 20,000 slugs, so it's not surprising that the pests sometimes munch on our ...

For plants in the ground, we found the biological control Nemaslug is effective against slugs, but not snails. There is one chemical option: pellets containing ferric phosphate. Ferric phosphate-based ...

One is tempted to ask, just what is the point of this unappealing animal? Are slugs just snails with bad PR? In fact, slugs - nocturnal gastropod molluscs with no shell - form a ...

The state agency warns that the snails were found to have a "low-level presence" of rat lungworm. They note that likelihood ...

Gardening expert Karen Gimson has shared her top tip for keeping slugs away from your plants and flowers - and you probably ...

From pruning and spraying to cutting back and attacking slugs, February is full of important chores for the attentive gardener.