A single night of spring rain can transform a quiet garden into a slow-moving feast. Leaves that looked flawless yesterday ...

Gardeners have puzzled for years as to why some seedlings are more commonly eaten by slugs and snails - and new research suggests it may be down to the smells produced by young seedlings in the early ...

A study suggests the reason some seedlings are more commonly eaten by slugs and snails may be down to the smells produced by young seedlings in the early stages of their development. Gardeners have ...

It's easy to spot snails and slugs when they're large, but finding one snail is a sign that you need to start looking around and find the smaller snails or slugs that are sure to be nearby. Snails and ...

Along parts of the Western Australian coast, large shells sometimes lie half buried in tidal mud. They belong to Syrinx aruanus, known as the Australi.

Snail-eating slender beetle (Carabus blaptoides fortunei, left) and stout beetle (Carabus blaptoides capito, right). Slender beetles can eat snails by inserting their heads into the shells but cannot ...

As any seasoned gardener will tell you, slugs and snails are destructive pests that wreak havoc on your plants. Slugs and snails will gradually eat away at plants and can eventually kill them if an ...