A “semi-slug,” carrier of the rat lungworm disease, sticks to a garbage bag last week in Hana. Increasing numbers of the slug appear to be the cause of an outbreak of the disease that may have ...

A baby semi-slug is shown on a nickle. Snails, slugs and certain other animals (including freshwater shrimp, land crabs, and frogs) can become infected by ingesting the larvae of the rat lungworm.

“The irony of this is of course Sir David is not on email, he only uses snail mail”: The iconic voice of conservation David Attenborough’s link with Tasmania grows. The Attenborougharion ...

The Attenborougharion rubicundus is a semi-slug found only in rainforests of the Tasman and Forestier Peninsulas. Also known as the Burgundy snail, as it has a soft shell that it cannot retract ...