Unlike their shelled relatives, which can tuck in and hide from predators and environmental factors, sea slugs are just out ...
A woman taking a stroll along a quiet beach in deep South Texas came across a strange creature stuck “in a pile of sand” and ...
In 2000, scientists spotted a bioluminescent mollusk in the deep sea. The animal was so unique that they had no idea what it was until they did genetic testing. It turned out to be a new species of ...
A bright green sea slug along America’s coast feeds on sunlight, not food, borrowing plant power to survive months unfed, ...
Zoologists have discovered a new species of sea slug living in eastern India and have named it after the country’s president. Researchers from the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) found the slug along ...
Researchers at the California Academy of Sciences kept busy throughout 2025. Along with collaborators from across the globe, ...
Beachgoers in La Jolla, California were surprised to see a Spanish shawl nudibranch, a vibrant sea slug with purple and ...
It might look like something you'd find in an alien salad, but this bizarre sea slug can actually steal body parts from other organisms and use their powers for itself. "This is an organism that can ...
When we think of slugs, we often picture slimy brown garden creatures. Under the sea, however, you can find slugs so colorful and unique they seem to have been transplanted from another planet ...
At least two species of sacoglossan sea slugs are capable of severing their own heads from their bodies and then growing an entirely new body, including a heart and other internal organs. The authors ...
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 ...