LONDON (Reuters) - British gardeners should brace themselves for an invasion of slugs this year as many of the pests skipped their usual hibernation due to a warm winter and spent their time breeding ...

Good news for gardeners growing fruits and vegetables this spring: slug populations are declining. Following a bumper year in ...

Slugs and snails can be a mixed blessing in your garden. Slugs are almost exclusively a nuisance, while snails can have some benefits. Generally speaking, however, the drawbacks of each outweigh the ...

Offered a chance for some deep, rich black earth for gardening in a tiny Southeast Alaska village, I asked if there were any black slugs in it. “If you’re going to garden here you have to just get ...

Slugs are commonly seen as slow-moving, slimy creatures that live in gardens, but the biology of slugs is actually quite complex. As a soft-bodied creature, slugs are classified as a gastropod, ...