Where it lives: Mount Kaputar, New South Wales, Australia What it eats: Algae, moss, mushrooms, mold Why it's awesome: Not ...

It is a bizarre and captivating sea slug. Its unusual appearance is described by a large hooded structure, a flat tail adorned with finger-like projections, and internally visible colorful organs.

Though recently gaining the limelight as a superior alternative to lobster tail, a species of giant isopod is making ...

In a January 18 Facebook post, Seaside Aquarium announced they have been seeing and receiving reports of the “highly specialized sea slugs” washing up on Oregon beaches. Sea cherubs spend ...

Scientists had thought that such a relatively large animal-- one of the sea slug species can grow to 5 centimeters long--couldn’t survive without a heart to pump blood and nutrients to the brain ...

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 ...

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 ...

This method of protection can keep almost all predators at bay - but not the kaleidoscopically colourful sea slug. Nudibranchs, commonly known as sea slugs, are a group of shell-less marine molluscs.

Kleptoplasty is a fascinating biological phenomenon where certain organisms, particularly sacoglossan sea slugs, can steal and retain chloroplasts from the algae they consume. This unique ability ...

Related: Blue dragon: The deadly sea slug that steals venom from its prey A volcanic eruption 17 million years ago created this high-altitude area, where these colorful slugs have remained ...