Manufacturers are now using snail slime in cosmetics. There are surprising skin care benefits in what these garden creatures leave behind. Anatoly Repin/Getty Images — -- Just as lipstick ...

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Consumers around the world are shelling out for cosmetic products containing snail mucus, with its global market in 2022 valued at about $555 million. After a snail mucus skin care boom in South Korea ...

I’ve spent decades searching for magical beauty products that will give me smooth, luminous skin. When I heard that snail mucin, or what I like to call “snail slime” was a popular skin treatment ...

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A simple hack of sprinkling coffee grounds in your garden can be a way to deter slugs from entering and eating at your plants.

The giant snails of New Zealand are big, slimy, and at risk. Park rangers in New Zealand have spent over a decade trying to save them, and now, they're getting results.

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