From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

The Whole Music Club will welcome Freak Slug and Huron John Saturday night, two relatively niche indie acts who are still nothing to sneeze at. The British indie rocker, real name Xenya Genovese, will ...

DAMAGE by slugs in gardens and farms is usually worst in late autumn and early spring. There are three reasons for this. First, some species are most numerous in winter 1. Secondly, alternative ...

This spring will see far fewer slugs in gardens compared with last year, experts from the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) predict. After a bumper year for the slimy molluscs in 2024, the charity ...

A nature walk based around one of nature’s most unique species is on tap Sunday at Metchosin’s Devonian Regional Park. Led by a CRD Regional Parks naturalist, Slugs and Slime pairs a park walk with ...

Gardeners can breathe a sigh of relief: experts predict a significant drop in slug populations this spring, following a ...

As milder conditions take hold, so will some of the garden's pests. Slugs and snails are not everyone’s favourite creatures, and they are often considered a gardener’s public enemy number one.

Etna eruption. Europe’s most active volcano, Mount Etna, erupted in mid-February, releasing fiery rivers of lava and sending thick clouds of ash into the sky over Sicily. In the days following ...