In the 1960s, neuroscientist Eric Kandel began a series of experiments on the California brown sea hare, a species of sea slug that looks as though it were dropped into the ocean from outer space.

Second, sea hares from Washington State to California's Morro Bay are part of a single, well-mixed genetic population, ...

The paper’s authors said that this is the first predator defense mechanism to be discovered that works by blocking the senses. “It is the first demonstration involving not only the chemical senses, ...

The sea hares act as natural vacuum cleaners in these ... "Against all evolutionary odds, this tiny slug is performing an outsized ecosystem service and will continue to do so with ongoing climate ...