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

A rare Hawaiian tree snail returns to the forest after decades of extinction in the wild, marking a key conservation milestone.

Snails and slugs are common pests in gardens. They belong to the mollusk family along with oysters, and they crawl along over a thin layer of slime that they produce to ease their way. Snails carry a ...

This summer, the real enemy in many Fairbanks gardens wasn’t drought or moose — it was slugs. “I get more calls about slugs every year,” said Gooseberry Peter, agriculture and integrated pest ...