Incredibly, the UK is home to the largest land slug in the world – the ash-black slug. Despite its name, they come in all different colours, from toffee-blonde to brown and deep charcoal.

The ash black slug, considered to be the world’s largest land slug as it can grow to 25cm long (10 inches) and which has a bizarre mating ritual in which a couple suspend themselves from a tree ...

the state slug is the banana slug and the official seashell is the black abalone. “California has some of the most biodiverse environments in the world – with over 5,500 plants, animals ...