Sea slugs use bold, bright colors under sunlight to warn predators of their toxic traits. These colors are easier for fish to ...

“Sea slugs use bright, contrasting colour patterns to send messages to potential predators like ‘Don’t eat me, I’m poisonous’,” said Project lead Dr Cedric van den Berg in a statement ...

This method of protection can keep almost all predators at bay - but not the kaleidoscopically colourful sea slug. Audio-described version of the video above (2 minutes 1 second) opens in a new window ...

Instead, the brightest and most patterned sea slugs are more active during the day. The sun’s rays are critical in enhancing the slug’s ability to ward off predators with its flamboyant ...

Rather than hiding from predators, the brightest and most patterned sea slugs are active during the day so their colors shine, a University of Queensland study has found. Researchers from UQ's ...

Many sea sponges, like anemones, use toxins to repel would-be predators. Some species of sea slugs, however, such as Platydoris scabra, have evolved immunity against the toxins of specific sponge ...

So far, these sea slugs are one of the only known examples of this process occurring between multicellular organisms. Humans created a new top predator that is taking over the Northeast.

I had been given a mission: to film a blind, underwater sea slug known as the sea bunny, which uses its ‘ears’ to sense chemicals in the water, and feeds on a poisonous blue sponge in order to ...

Sea slugs!” We are almost at the car when he ... making them harder for predators to spot. They’ll float along among plankton until one day they cast off their shells and undergo a metamorphosis.