Slugs and snails are notorious leaf chewers in vegetable, flower, and fruit gardens. Both belong to the animal family called ...

‘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 ...

When darkness falls, your garden becomes a feast for hungry pests. One everyday food hero promises to protect your blooms ...

searching for natural ways to deter slugs and snails has become extremely important. They’re incredibly common pests that ...

What can I use to deter and get rid of slugs? Gardeners traditionally use things such as crushed eggshells, sharp sand and soot to repel slugs, but these have limited success. There are also a wide ...

At this time of year, slugs and snails can become a real problem for gardeners. Though they live in our gardens all year round, they tend to hide in dark, damp places during the heat of summer ...

According to horticultural experts, this country is poised for an invasion of slugs, their cold, fat bodies geared up for a summer of unrelenting carnage in our vegetable plots and flower beds.

A law change makes it illegal to use certain slug pellets and gardener's are being urged to check their sheds to make sure ...