Snails and slugs are similar in structure and biology, but snails have a characteristic spiral shell while slugs lack a shell. They both chew irregular holes on a variety of plants, preferring to feed ...

All is not well in our earthly paradise. If the poet William Blake had looked more closely at 'England's green and pleasant land,' he'd have discovered a welter of galls, cankers, mildews, blights, ...

Giant African snails have been found at checkpoints 28 times last year and three times in the past month The species is considered one of the world's most invasive pests Giant snails eat 500 plant ...

Snails are common in most gardens with an average of 200 snails living in a cubic metre of soil. Snails love the damp or moist weather so with recent storms they are being spotted much more often than ...

The British Invasion by the Beatles may not have been much of a problem to American gardens, but the French invasion by brown snails is. Since getting imported as escargot, they eat much more than ...

A biocontrol program has commenced on the South Coast, where Australian-bred parasitoid flies have been released to help control snail pests and protect crop yields, quality and growers' profitability ...

While slugs and snails are seen as pests by many, they provide food for all sorts of wildlife including birds and insects. However, if they are eating crops in the garden, experts recommend using ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida, a state that encourages people to kill non-native iguanas, pythons and lionfish, has a new invasive species to worry about: the horntail snail, which has never before ...