For many reasons the hobby isn't ready for them yet, says Nathan Hill. Part nudist, part foot, part stomach. That’s what it is to be a nudibranch. Some of these casually termed sea slugs are brightly ...

In an incredible ‘endosymbiotic’ relationship, this sea slug feeds on algae by slicing or puncturing its cells and is then able to ingest the algae’s chloroplasts unharmed, into its own body and carry ...

Scientists have discovered the ultimate case of regeneration: Some decapitated sea slugs can regrow hearts and whole new bodies. This “wonder of nature,” reported in a biology journal on ...

Marine biologists have found a new sea slug that is right at home in the ocean’s deep and dark midnight zone. With a large, gelatinous hood, tail like a paddle, and bright bioluminescence ...

It belongs to a new family of sea slugs. Researchers from the MBARI dubbed it Bathydevius caudactylus and recently published their findings in the peer-reviewed journal Deep Sea Research Part I.

The Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute posted video online of the new sea slug floating gently in the depths. Using a remote vehicle, scientists with the institute first noticed what they ...

California researchers have announced that it is a new species of sea slug. The Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute posted video online of the new sea slug floating gently in the depths.

Researchers from the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) in California have announced a new species of sea slug. The creature, which was first spotted more than two decades ago ...

Although the apple-size species, named Bathydevius caudactylus, is classified as a sea slug, the marine animal is unlike any sea slug Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute scientists have seen ...