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

According to a recent study in the scientific journal PeerJ, a bright yellow snail unlike any other discovered species lives in the Florida Keys. It's official name is Cayo margarita, which refers ...

Slugs and snails can be a mixed blessing in your garden. Slugs are almost exclusively a nuisance, while snails can have some benefits. Generally speaking, however, the drawbacks of each outweigh the ...

This article was originally featured on The Conversation. 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.

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WHITTIER — Volunteers wearing rubber boots and gardening gloves fanned into the woods on a Prince William Sound shoreline last week to confront an invasion. They plucked hundreds of slimy European ...