Slugs move oxygen throughout their bodies, as other animals do, but they do so without lungs. How is this possible?

A type of brightly colored sea slug has a taste for microscopic marine creatures called zooplankton, and it feeds on them using a method that's never been seen before: It captures quantities in a gulp ...

Even for the most ardent nature fan, it is all too easy to overlook slugs. Not only are they small, on the ground, and well, ...

Even the meeting of lips can become an aggressive act in the animal kingdom. When humans come lip to lip, the result is a ...

Most land-dwellers will assume that their scuba diving friends descend below the waves to see big, impressive and maybe even scary animals: sharks, manta rays, massive groupers or maybe a dugong. But ...

Yes, most snails and slugs have teeth. Their teeth come in a huge variety of shapes and arrangements, suiting them to specific diets and allowing many species to evolve and co-exist. Why do slugs and ...

Among many gardens of the great outdoors lies an unruly creature…a slimy slug. These shell-less molluscs always seem to find themselves in the spotlight but for all the wrong reasons. Gardeners and ...

Adele has worked in gardening for 25 years. She grows a wide range of plants at the Which? Gardening trial grounds and is our compost expert. In this article The best organic slug and snail controls ...

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