So we set about building our own miniature reef in a specially-adapted saltwater tank right on the edge of the sea. Under Peri’s expert guidance, we were able to briefly relocate a sea slug into ...

The bizarre behavior was discovered by accident in 2018 when Mitoh noticed that the detached head of a sacoglossan sea slug (Elysia cf. marginata) was circling its body in a tank at the Yusa Lab ...

Nudibranchs are also known as sea slugs and are soft-bodied marine gastropod molluscs. The discovery was made by researchers at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute who say that the sea ...

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 ...

Blue sea slugs were believed to prey on the Portuguese man-of-war, which contains highly poisonous nematocysts, and uses the nematocysts for defense by incorporating them into the tips of its lateral ...

reveals that this small sea slug is both remarkably heat-tolerant and genetically diverse across its wide range—key traits that make it an ideal partner for climate-resilient coastal restoration.

Scientists have discovered the ultimate case of regeneration: Some decapitated sea slugs can regrow hearts and whole new bodies. This “wonder of nature,” reported in a biology journal on ...

a species of sea slug that looks as though it were dropped into the ocean from outer space. Improbably, the work would prove foundational to our understanding of how humans learn about the world ...

One can see many colorful sea slugs at Tatsunokuchi, a popular diving spot in the city of Nagasaki. I dove about 10 meters deep with an air tank on my back. I saw varieties such as the festive sea ...

reveals that this small sea slug is both remarkably heat-tolerant and genetically diverse across its wide range — key traits that make it an ideal partner for climate-resilient coastal restoration. As ...