With all the activity related to gardening, you would think that my adventures would bring slugs into life frequently. Not so. They love dark, moist places − especially in the day time. Or shade and ...

At four to five inches, the leopard slug is the largest type on the island. (Photo by Clay Wollney) (Clay Wollney) The most common terrestrial gastropods found in our woodlands, fields and gardens are ...

As the colder months draw near, gardeners are being urged to go easy on a particular slug species that's common in UK gardens. While slugs and snails are often a year-round nuisance for many ...

It was overcast and threatening rain the morning I wrote this column. The air in the valley was hazy, meaning to contain dust, dirt or other dry particulates. But it had rained the previous night, so ...

My least favorite garden pest of all time has to be the slug. There is nothing worse than reaching down to pull a weed and grabbing the body of a slimy, sticky, and slippery slug. Before taking off to ...

What if we told you that slugs are actually a gardener's best friend? It might be hard to believe, but out of 44 recognised species of slug in the UK, less than a quarter eat your lettuces and ...

I have never seen lions hunting wildebeest on the open plains of the Serengeti. I have never seen grizzly bears fishing for salmon in an Alaskan stream or vast schools of leaping manta rays off the ...