Garlic, as your grandmother may have told you, repels mosquitoes; it also completely blocks them from mating and laying eggs. Diallyl disulfide, it turns out, deserves the credit. A group of ...

A leading UK gardening expert has revealed a budget-friendly method to safeguard your plants from slugs this spring. At present, gardeners nationwide are busily preparing their outdoor areas for the ...

There are no prizes for guessing where banana slugs (Ariolimax) get their common name from. There are five species of banana slug, with most sporting an olive-green or yellow hue – although some are ...

I could never have guessed that it would be a brightly coloured simultaneous hermaphrodite semi-slug that would bring me into David Attenborough’s orbit. But now knowing his devotion to ‘snail mail’, ...

It can take a decade of hard work to bring a new orchid to market. While the rewards can be significant - the global orchid market is worth hundreds of millions of dollars - the competition to produce ...