SLUGS – five letters to spread a chill down any gardener’s spine. Slimy, tenacious and all consuming, they can cause absolute ...

If you notice your leafy plants getting nibbled away in the middle of the night, slugs might just be the culprit. These glutinous insects love to feast on fresh young plants and can chew through ...

‘I love snails and slugs! I just think they’re fascinating,’ says Jon Ablett, our Curator of Molluscs. ‘They’re an unnoticed part of our biodiversity, so it’s my mission to make people look around and ...

but some retain a vestigial shell on or under their skin), slugs have two pairs of feelers, tentaclelike 'eye'-stalks which project from their 'head'. These are equipped not only with light ...

What is the banana slug? The banana slug is named for its resemblance to a ripe (or overripe, in the case of spotted individuals) banana. It’s one of the slowest creatures on Earth, moving at a ...