Snails and slugs are familiar and often reviled creatures in gardens, forests, and even underwater habitats. At first glance, the main difference seems obvious: snails have shells, slugs do not. But ...

The lack of speed of snails and slugs can be attributed to at least three factors: how they move, what they eat and what eats them.

Snails and slugs enjoy eating many of the bedding plants and vegetables in our gardens. Trees, shrubs, ground covers and vines, though, are rarely badly damaged by them.

Carnivorous slugs eat worms, snails, and other slugs. Herbivorous slugs eat flowers, vegetables, herbs, wild mushrooms, and a wide variety of shoots and young plants.

Slugs and snails eat the bait, get a tummy ache and crawl off to die. The catch is, you should begin baiting several days to a few weeks before setting out transplants for maximum effectiveness.

Most of us have been very disrespectful toward snails and slugs, thinking disgusted thoughts and turning into executioners of the low-riding mollusks.David ...

Ballard isn’t alone, or even the only person infected on a dare—at least three reported cases involve boys or young men who were dared to eat a slug or snail.

Under the cover of darkness, a 1-foot-long predator moved along a branch in the mountains of eastern China. Its yellow eyes scanned the surrounding landscape for its next meal, but it wasn’t the only ...

Dabie Mountains slug-eating snakes were found "residing near low shrubs adjacent to streams in low-altitude areas," the study ...

Domestic animals, especially dogs and horses, can also become infected by the rat lungworm parasite, including in Hawai'i, probably mostly from accidentally or deliberately eating snails or slugs.

But most slugs and snails eat plants, decaying matter or marine animals, like sponges, which are anchored in place. None move around much, so dinner’s not going anywhere – no rush.