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Say goodbye to slugs in your yard with 13 organic methods

There are many ways to keep slugs out of your yard and away from your plants, ranging from traps and distractions to hands-on ...
Phys.org

Some sea slugs consume algae, incorporate photosynthetic parts into their own bodies to keep producing nutrients

It could be the plot of a summer sci-fi blockbuster: A creature feeds on its prey and inherits its "superpower." Only this is real. A new study led by Harvard biologists describes how some sea slugs ...
The New York Times

Meet the Sea Slugs That Chop Off Their Heads and Grow New Bodies

Their severed heads get around just fine until they regenerate perfectly functioning, parasite-free new bodies, scientists say. By Annie Roth A few years ago, Sayaka Mitoh, a Ph.D. candidate at Nara ...
The Conversation

Why slugs are so hard to control – and how scientists are working to keep them in check

Keith Walters currently receives research funding from Innovate UK. In the past he has received research grants from UK government, research councils, industry levy bodies and a range of other sources ...
The Atlantic

These Sea Slugs Break a Cardinal Rule of Animal Life

Studying sea slugs in the group Sacoglossa can mean being on the receiving end of some very imaginative emails. Sidney K. Pierce, of the University of South Florida, retired a few years ago. “But to ...
Slate

Feeling Sluggish

Slugs don’t sting; they don’t suck our blood. Yet when the subject of repulsive creatures comes up, slugs are often the first ones that crawl to mind. The slug physique is not appealing—one broad ...