"Everyone in the control room let out a loud 'Oooooh!' at the same time. We were all enchanted," a researcher said.

Bathydevius is unlike any sea slug the scientists had ever seen. A unique new species of sea slug Bathydevius typically lives thousands of feet below the surface, far from the coastal tide pools ...

Some of the most bizarre lifeforms on Earth lurk in the deeper realms of the ocean. There was so little known about one of ...

Scientists have made a discovery in the depths of the Pacific Ocean, unveiling a mysterious glowing sea slug that has baffled ...

is unique from other nudibranchs. Nudibranchs, or sea slugs, are soft-bodied marine gastropod mollusks. Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute senior scientists Bruce Robison and Steven Haddock ...

When threatened, it can emit bioluminescence — a light produced by a chemical reaction that is uncommon in sea slugs — and shed a glowing “decoy” piece of its tail as a distraction. What’s unique ...

This unique mouth shape is used to trap crustaceans, unlike other sea slugs that use a raspy tongue to feed on prey attached to the seafloor. It only glows a bioluminescent blue when it feels ...

The mystery mollusc has evolved unique solutions to find food, safety, and companions to survive in the midnight zone. While most sea slugs use a raspy tongue to feed on prey attached to the ...

With a large, gelatinous hood, tail like a paddle, and bright bioluminescence Bathydevius caudactylus is so unique that it belongs to a whole new family of sea slugs. The animal nicknamed the ...

Researchers at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) have unveiled a new species of sea slug, Bathydevius caudactylus, that is the first known nudibranch to inhabit the open water ...

The sea slug’s body is made up of a large gelatinous ... below the surface in the ocean’s midnight zone, creating a unique challenge for scientists who’ve worked for decades to catalog ...

The mystery mollusk has evolved unique solutions to find food, safety, and companions to survive in the midnight zone. While most sea slugs use a raspy tongue to feed on prey attached to the ...