Beachgoers in La Jolla, California were surprised to see a Spanish shawl nudibranch, a vibrant sea slug with purple and ...

WASHINGTON, Aug 1 (Reuters) - Earth's roughly 76,000 species of mollusks come in an impressive variety of forms including clams, oysters, scallops, mussels, snails, slugs and even some possessing ...

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

are essentially snails without shells, terrestrial cousins of clams and oysters. They are gastropods, slime-producing mollusks that carry their stomachs inside their single “foot,” which is also their ...

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Are you dealing with a nasty slug problem in your garden? Those slimy little plant nibblers love to sneak around at night, leaving behind chewed-up leaves and gooey trails. But don't worry, you don't ...