"You can tell by the 2 frills on its back." Beachgoer captures photo of strange-looking slime creature found on beach: 'Single fleshy mass' first appeared on The Cool Down.

This tree-climbing giant is one of the largest land slugs on Earth – and its bizarre mating ritual is unlike anything else in the natural world.

What if you could employ land snails in a similar zero-waste system? Instead of homegrown vegetables, the ultimate yield for your table would be escargots, those glistening nuggets of protein. Yes, ...

Slime videos have been a popular trend on YouTube recently, but there are a few animals with their own versions of slime, ...

Share your slug and snail findings and help science understand some of our slimy and spectacular local critters.

I'm a master gardener who specializes in organic growing and permaculture, so I've spent the past few decades testing all kinds of natural ways to keep slugs off my plants. These persistent garden ...

Innovation doesn’t always mean creating something entirely new. Some of the most remarkable breakthroughs come from observing what already exists in nature. From color-shifting chameleons to ...

Snails and slugs are common pests in gardens. They belong to the mollusk family along with oysters, and they crawl along over a thin layer of slime that they produce to ease their way. Snails carry a ...

In the canopy of the Amazon, the winged seed of Triplaris americana spins into the air, its curved leaf-blade transforming gravity into rotation. Parsons Kinetics brings this phenomenon into the ...

As Eugene’s current SLUG queen, you’d think I’d be used to slippery situations. Nothing felt slimier than being asked to promote a radio station featuring Sean Hannity and Mark Levin. There are many ...

Gray garden slugs eat a tomato in a Fairbanks garden. This summer, the real enemy in many Fairbanks gardens wasn’t drought or moose — it was slugs. “I get more calls about slugs every year,” said ...