Gardening can become a slimy nightmare in the warm months, when vegetables, flowers, fruit are all voraciously chomped to destruction by slugs and snails. "They like to eat the young seedlings of sown ...

A bumper year for slugs? Here’s how to protect your plants before it’s too late ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Researchers here are working on a natural way to kill slugs that is just as effective as poison, but safer to use around plants and animals. This work may give Americans a new way to ...

Slug season has arrived to plague gardeners intent on enjoying their vegetables and flowers themselves. To help combat the slimy plant slurpers, artist Terry Mullins, of Cornelius, has cooked up a ...

They look harmless—small, colorful granules scattered among lettuce plants. But lurking behind the snail bait is a danger often underestimated, affecting more than just snails. For children and pets, ...