Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute scientists have discovered Bathydevius caudactylus, a new species of glowing sea slug that lives deep in the ocean.

Having collected the sea slugs from reefs off the coast of Okinawa, Japan, researchers observed the creatures mating in tanks. They saw that sea slugs that had recently mated could not do so again for ...

The traveler, unaware that they had stumbled upon a venomous sea dragon, scooped the tiny ... but experts warn their habitats are expanding. The species has been spotted in European waters ...

Sea bunnies, the species Jorunna parva, may look a bit like rabbits, but they are actually a type of sea slug. These one-centimetre-long creatures belong to a group known as the dorid nudibranchs. In ...

Washing up on our shores this week, we found small patches of fresh sargassum seaweed, large lightning whelks—which happen to ...

While the opalescent nudibranch is a type of “sea slug,” it is also a brilliantly beautiful and vibrant creature. The colourful species each have flowing projections on their backs that ...

One of the three even lost and regrew its body twice. Two different species of Japanese sea slugs did this regeneration trick. Other creatures can cast off body parts when needed, like when some ...

Related: Blue dragon: The deadly sea slug that steals venom from its prey ... that live in eastern Australia but are a distinct species. Their striking color is an evolutionary mystery, but ...

Well, it seemed they’d gone solar-powered. Among the Sacoglossan sea slugs, we see a phenomenon known as kleptoplasty in which some species are able to incorporate the photosynthetic superpowers ...

new species of nudibranchs are discovered in this area. Peri, our nudibranch specialist, has even had one named after him, Hypselodoris perii. It didn’t take Peri and his posse of sea slug ...

From vibrant corals to sparkling slugs, our seas are far more tropical than we think! Here are 10 species you might not know live around our shores, and how we’re working to protect them by ensuring ...