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 ...

In addition to the New Guinea flatworm, TISI also warned of another invasive species that can carry rat lungworm -- the Black Velvet Leatherleaf slug. (Texas Invasive Species Institute)The ...

Like all slugs, banana slugs use four tentacles to sense their environment. A pair of upper tentacles, protruding from the top of their heads, are optical. Tiny black dots, or “eyes,” at the ...