Marine scientists have identified and named a mysterious creature of the deep sea after studying the elusive sea slug for twenty years.

will re-fire the hijacked nematocysts, as though they were always their own. Sea bunnies, the species Jorunna parva, may look a bit like rabbits, but they are actually a type of sea slug. These ...

Nudibranchs (pronounced various ways, including NEW-duh-branks) are a family of sea slugs. They typically lack ... cerata toward the threat and then fire off the nematocysts they’ve stored.

But it gets even stranger than that; there's a slug that can photosynthesize like a plant! Sea slugs are fascinating in ...

reveals that this small sea slug is both remarkably heat-tolerant and genetically diverse across its wide range — key traits that make it an ideal partner for climate-resilient coastal restoration.

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 ...