Northern California has seen a population explosion in the bright pink Hopkins’ rose sea slug as a result of warmer waters. Terry Gosliner, senior curator of invertebrate zoology and geology at the ...

It’s like something out of a B-grade horror movie. A severed head separates from its body. An unsuspecting scientist assumes a tragic fate, until the head twitches, moves, and regrows its body. Its ...

The Rock Pool Project in Plymouth says the non-native sea hare looks "alien-like".

With the help of citizen science, researchers have unraveled the close correlation between weather conditions and the appearances of a giant slug species, enabling them to predict the slug's activity ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Marine biologists have found a new sea slug that is right at home ...

It’s never fun to walk into your garden on a sunny Fairbanks summer day only to find cutworms have sliced your broccoli off at soil level, voles have left tiny tooth marks in your carrots or, worst of ...

There are several species of sacoglossan sea slugs that feed on large, unicellular algae and hold onto the algae’s chloroplasts, the organelles that turn plant cells green and convert light to energy.

A bristly hermaphroditic sea slug mates employing a use-it-then-lose-it penis, and carries one or two extras for future use, researchers have discovered. Some 20 minutes after copulating, the ...