Our rainy spring weather has been great for our gardens — but may also have encouraged some unwelcome garden visitors, including snails and slugs. Snails and slugs are similar in structure and biology ...

CORVALLIS – New research from Oregon State University Extension Service found slugs and snails are strongly attracted to bread dough, a discovery that could lead to better ways of controlling these ...

To stop snail fever, control the snails. That’s the takeaway of a new study of snail fever, or schistosomiasis, a tropical disease that affects more than 250 million people worldwide. It’s caused by a ...

Schistosomiasis (also known as snail fever) affects more than 250 million people worldwide. Individuals become infected after skin contact with the schistosome parasite in contaminated water, and, ...

For a couple of years, I've been battling little brown round snails that are eating holes in plant leaves and leaving rasp scrapings on stems. Now there is a new conical-shaped snail in my potted ...

Regular and even abundant rainfall in the spring and early summer has encouraged high populations of snails and slugs this year. Snails and slugs belong to the mollusk family along with oysters. They ...

A dead slug hangs from a makeshift electrical system after crossing circuits powered by a 6-volt battery recently on Maui. Maui District Health Officer Dr. Lorrin Pang built the system in his backyard ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. CHALMETTE, La. – The first known sighting in ...

Snails and slugs are similar in structure and biology, but snails have a characteristic spiral shell while slugs lack a shell. They both chew irregular holes on a variety of plants, preferring to feed ...

CHALMETTE, La. (WGNO) – The first known sighting in St. Bernard Parish of a bird native to Florida could be great news for local rice and crawfish farmers. A Limpkin, native to south Florida, spotted ...