If you're struggling to keep your prized plants safe from slugs, you may want to try this simple kitchen scrap garden hack ...

As a crew, we were aware of the mating behaviour that we wanted to capture, yet getting the slugs into prime position to ‘do it’ wasn’t so simple. Filming this required patience, persistence ...

Snails and slugs move at a slow speed, which keeps their slime flowing as a lubricant. But slime is not just important in helping them move around, it’s thought that it might also have a role in ...

Slugs are notorious for their habit of munching on decaying matter, and also play an important role in decomposition. But ...

Slugs may not move fast, but these pests reproduce quickly. Slugs can lay up to 80 eggs at a time, six times a year. So, it’s a good idea to eliminate them from your garden before they overwhelm ...

Their alarming reproductive capacity only exacerbates the issue, with slugs capable of producing three generations every year. They can also reproduce parthenogenetically, with each slug able to ...

As we step into spring, warmer days, humid nights and showery conditions can mean one thing for gardeners – the unwelcome ...

What is the banana slug? The banana slug is named for its resemblance to a ripe (or overripe, in the case of spotted individuals) banana. It’s one of the slowest creatures on Earth, moving at a ...

However, 2025 is expected to be another year of continued slug pressures. Setting up our spring slug trials and talking to farmers and agronomists, we would estimate that numbers are 20-30 per cent ...