Snails and slugs are common pests in gardens. They belong to the mollusk family along with oysters, and they crawl along over ...

HAIKU — Controlling snail and slug populations is one of the most important steps in fighting the spread of rat lungworm disease, health and agricultural experts said Monday evening during a meeting ...

Nothing beats a warm spring rain to bring on the slime patrol. When it comes to slugs and snails in the garden, and boy do we have a ton of them on the North Coast, a good approach is to think of ...

A Terrestrial snail sucker, a snake common to South America, has been caught feasting on an invasive bean slug in a car park in Mexico. This finding could lead to new methods of control for this ...

Wander through your backyard or walk along a stream and it’s likely you’ll see a snail – small, squishy animals with shells on their backs. Snails are found in water, whether in salty oceans, rivers ...

Many gardeners consider snails and slugs to be the most disgusting pests in the garden. I could live with their looks if they just didn’t cause so much damage. Snails and slugs belong to the mollusk ...

Q. Help. I planted my winter garden and now the snails are eating my newly planted cabbage and pak choi plants. I have tried baits and beer traps but that does not seem to be stopping them from ...

are essentially snails without shells, terrestrial cousins of clams and oysters. They are gastropods, slime-producing mollusks that carry their stomachs inside their single “foot,” which is also their ...

Q: Help! I just planted my garden, and something is eating all of my little transplants. I think it may be snails. What is the best way to get rid of them? A: Snails can do a lot of damage to tender ...

A review of decades of research revealed more than a dozen kinds of animals in addition to slugs and snails have caused rat lungworm disease in people around the world. Researchers from the University ...

You finally have the garden of your dreams after immense hard work. Your lush lettuce (Lactuca sativa), crisp kale (Brassica oleracea), and/or other plants are all reaching for the sun, looking green ...

New research shows that rat lungworm disease can be transmitted by many more species than just slugs and snails, the primary species Hawaii officials warned of amid a spate of rat lungworm cases in ...