Unlike their shelled relatives, which can tuck in and hide from predators and environmental factors, sea slugs are just out ...

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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 ...

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 ...

The sea slug Aplysia californica is a slimy, homely creature that can be found at low tide along the California shore. When this creature feels threatened in its underwater habitat, it releases a ...

Initially, they had trouble placing the mystery mollusc in a known group because Bathydevius caudactylus looks unlike anything they had seen before. It has a voluminous hooded structure at one end, a ...

Sea slugs are one of the world’s most stunning, diverse, and adaptable animals. Not only are sea slugs beautiful to look at, but their methods of survival are unparalleled. While some marine species ...

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 ...