But most slugs and snails eat plants, decaying matter or marine animals, like sponges, which are anchored in place. None move around much, so dinner’s not going anywhere – no rush.

The frosted slug, alabaster nudibranch, white-lined Dirona, or whatever you want to call it, truly lives up to its name. These opisthobranch gastropod mollusks belong to the family Dironidae, and ...

Snails and slugs are similar as far as their habits and habitats are concerned. But there are differences in their appearance. A shell protects a snail's soft body.

After arthropods, molluscs – the group that snails and slugs belong to – are the second biggest phylum of animals on the planet. In the UK alone, there are 100 species of land snail, and that doesn’t ...

Not only can you find slugs crossing sidewalks or on plants at the park – some are in our oceans. All told, an estimated 240,000 species of snails and slugs live all over the world.

Slugs prefer cool, rainy climates where they won’t dry out. Snails, which can find relief from the heat by withdrawing into their shells, are more adapted to dry climates.

But life isn’t simple, so of course there’s secret option #3 – the semi-slug, a bizarre creature that sits exactly between the snail and the slug. The semi-slug belongs to the family Helicarionidae, ...