Across their 10,000 species, sea slugs sport striking colors, external gills, and even the ability to regrow a body from a ...

Invertebrates are animals without a backbone, and they make up most of Earth’s species. They survive with soft or flexible ...

An observer strolling past the Jack London Square waterfront on a recent Saturday afternoon might have witnessed an unusual sight: A group of people on the dock, some of whom were lying on their ...

The ocean has always fascinated me. Ever since I was little, I loved snorkelling on holidays and exploring what lies beneath the surface. While I’ll never say no to the thrill of a passing shark or ...

A woman volunteering at a beach research event in the UK found the country’s first record of a curly sea creature, an organization said. Google Street View November ...

Nudibranchs may hold the key to discovering new cancer-fighting drugs. In 2022, there were about 20 million new cases of cancer globally, with nearly 10 million lives lost. Projections suggest that by ...

Nudibranchs are a type of sea slug, a part of the class Gastropoda, which includes snails as well. Their name, nudibranch, means “naked gills” as these slugs do not have shells, exposing their gills ...

Two tiny sea creatures with translucent bodies found on the California coast are both new species. They’re sea slugs, part of the Dotidae family. And while they’re small — measuring less than a ...

1 University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Biology, Spain 2 University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Biology, Spain The growth of Plocamopherus maderae, Polycera elegans and Thecacera pennigera, ...

Q. I enjoy learning about bizarre animals like the terrestrial one you recently wrote about called a hammerhead worm. With all the strange animals found on land, the oceans must be full of even more ...