Bright yellow and moving at a glacial pace, banana slugs might seem like unassuming creatures of the forest floor. However, these North American terrestrial mollusks engage in one of the most unusual ...

If you're struggling to keep your prized plants safe from slugs, you may want to try this simple kitchen scrap garden hack that many green-fingered enthusiasts swear by.

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

Slugs are notorious for their habit of munching on decaying matter, and also play an important role in decomposition. But they'll shift to chomping on nearly any plant when their preferred meal is ...

They can reproduce when they are sexually mature and when their sexual organs acquire the necessary conditions. The time varies for all snails, mostly due to their location and environments. Every ...

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 ...

Muskrat mating is so sensational that songs have been written about it. Fans of 1970s pop music might be familiar with a ...

Snails and slugs can be bothersome pests when it comes to your garden. After sowing new plants and flowers, the last thing you want to see is the slimy critters chomping on their leaves.

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 ...

Sea slugs, such as Elysia chlorotica, are small marine creatures that produce energy from sunlight - just like plants.

Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Sea slugs don’t shy away from the fish, crabs, sea turtles, or even other sea slugs that might want to take a bite out of them ...