With winter months turning our skin dry and flaky, some skincare gurus have come up with a simple cure that many swear by - slugging. Thankfully, the trend doesn’t involve any slithering molluscs - ...

From movement to mating signals, slug slime plays a vital role in survival and explains those silvery garden trails.

The slug season is upon us, it seems. I recently pulled the first little brown slug off one of my garden plants. There will be more! The proper common name of the small brown slug is reticulate ...

With all the activity related to gardening, you would think that my adventures would bring slugs into life frequently. Not so. They love dark, moist places − especially in the day time. Or shade and ...

Slugs like a damp, mild climate. Slugs (and snails) like living in Oregon. Our mild, wet climate seems like paradise to them. There are a dozen important slug species in Oregon gardens (and a couple ...

Most of us have been very disrespectful toward snails and slugs, thinking disgusted thoughts and turning into executioners of the low-riding mollusks. David Gordon wants to change your perception. The ...

Question: In my yard I have leaves galore. Oak trees shed on me, and a large maple in the backyard sheds beautiful red leaves. I have read that slugs will be king if those are left all winter. You ...

UC Santa Cruz’s Slug Bike Life has been awarded $712,000 for phase II of the bike safety, information and encouragement program. “We’re a bike-friendly campus where we encourage people to bike, and it ...