‘I love snails and slugs! I just think they’re fascinating,’ says Jon Ablett, our Curator of Molluscs. ‘They’re an unnoticed part of our biodiversity, so it’s my mission to make people look around and ...

All terrestrial slugs evolved from land snails by losing their shells and continue to share a number of snail habits and ...

Gardeners are being urged not to kill slugs and snails after a boom in their numbers due to wet and warm weather. The Devon Wildlife Trust said there were about 40 species of slugs but only up to ...

There are around 1400 varieties of slugs and snails in New Zealand, including 30-odd native species of slugs ... dark shelter during the day and a ready food source at night.