One is tempted to ask, just what is the point of this unappealing animal? Are slugs just snails with bad PR? In fact, slugs - nocturnal gastropod molluscs with no shell - form a ...

Slugs and snails are very discerning in what they eat, bypassing the weeds to devour our favourite plants. They're difficult to stop and, while you can still use bated pellets containing ferric ...

However, it has a foot like a snail, which is where the nickname mystery mollusc comes from. After collecting a specimen, they brought it back to the lab for a closer look. They investigated its ...