Gardeners have long considered slugs a nuisance, but experts are now urging the public to rethink their role in the ecosystem.
Sluggish year for slugs as experts predict fewer numbers this spring - After a bumper year for the slimy molluscs in 2024, ...
After a bumper year for the slimy molluscs in 2024, the Royal Horticultural Society's (RHS) entomology team said the cold ...
Slugs do not have language in any conventional sense, but they are perfectly capable of 'communicating' the whereabouts of food, for instance, by laying and following slime trails. One reason ...
Despite being slow and slimy, slugs and snails have an incredible appetite and need to constantly consume in order to survive. This means that your garden is a veritable smorgasbord of plants ...
The published genome will serve as a resource for further investigation into the slugs’ unique genetics that produce characteristics like its famed gelatinous, numbing slime, as well as its ability to ...