Even for the most ardent nature fan, it is all too easy to overlook slugs. Not only are they small, on the ground, and well, sluggish, they also don’t tend to please the average gardener. They eat ...

are essentially snails without shells, terrestrial cousins of clams and oysters. They are gastropods, slime-producing mollusks that carry their stomachs inside their single “foot,” which is also their ...

Now this is one hungry slug! This time-lapse video shows a banana slug in Gabriola Island, British Columbia munching on the leaves of a dandelion. The footage was captured by R Jeanette Martin in her ...

A Red Slug, Arion rufus, climbing over a Cleavers or Goosegrass plant growing in the wild. - Sandra Standbridge/Getty Images You may have noticed those slimy slugs wreaking havoc in your garden. After ...

Have you ever wondered if slugs can smile — or if they even have teeth? How a slug eats is surprisingly complex!