Growing plants can enhance any outdoor space, but it can be annoying when slugs and snails tuck into them. Keeping ...

Victor Yool collects, cooks, chews and swallows the gooey local garden snail, and he has served hundreds of the slimy pests to terrified dinner guests. I interviewed the amateur escargot chef at ...

For a couple of years, I've been battling little brown round snails that are eating holes in plant leaves and leaving rasp scrapings on stems. Now there is a new conical-shaped snail in my potted ...

Shrubby Mediterranean herbs tend not to be attacked by slugs and snails. This could be down to their woody habit or their oily, unpalatable leaves. Lavender is a fantastic slug-proof plant, bearing ...

Chemical treatments can be expensive and even damage the environment. Fortunately, one gardener has revealed a ...

The giant African land snail, which could give people who touch it meningitis, may slide out of Florida if a program to exterminate it goes well. The Giant African Land Snail Eradication Program is ...

There’s nothing more infuriating than heading outside to check how your plants are faring, only to discover they’ve been decimated overnight by hungry slugs and snails. But while there are certain ...