Other species of sea slug, apart from those used in this latest study, will respond to being handled by dropping their "mantle skirt," (which forms much of the slug's dorsal surface area.

Scientists Discover Sea Slug That Can Regenerate Body After Being Decapitated A ... And some of them are glitter, glam, Mardi Gras, outrageous stuff. They're purple. They have pink hair. They ...

Sea slug can decapitate itself and regrow its entire body including organs, ... Creatures we think we understand suddenly surprise us with new - and in this case - hair-raising behaviours.

A newly discovered sea slug has been named after Game of Thrones character Daenerys Targaryen. The character, also known as Khaleesi in the series, is played by Emilia Clarke and has long bonde ...

The underwater slug, which propels itself to swim by closing its hood like a jelly, also contains “colorful internal organs in between.” It lives at depths up to 13,100 feet on the sea floor ...

MBARI researchers have discovered a remarkable new species of sea slug that lives in the deep sea. Bathydevius caudactylus swims through the ocean's midnight zone with a large gelatinous hood and ...

Sea slugs don’t shy away from the fish, crabs, sea turtles, or even other sea slugs that might want to take a bite out of them. Instead, the brightest and most patterned sea slugs are more ...

Researchers have discovered a new species of glowing sea slug deep in the ocean’s midnight zone. Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) scientists said in a press release on Tuesday ...

The sea slugs embed the chloroplasts into their own digestive cells, where the organelles continue to photosynthesize for up to nine months—that’s even longer than they would perform in algae.