At least two species of sacoglossan sea slugs are capable of severing their own heads from their bodies and then growing an entirely new body, including a heart and other internal organs. The authors ...

In 2000, scientists spotted a bioluminescent mollusk in the deep sea. The animal was so unique that they had no idea what it was until they did genetic testing. It turned out to be a new species of ...

Imagine biologist Sayaka Mitoh’s surprise the day she found that a sea slug in her lab was suddenly missing its body. Or its head, really—depends on your perspective. Either way, the sea slug was in ...

By Liz Kimbrough A transparent goby fish drifted through the darkness, its skeleton visible through paper-thin skin. Nearby, ...

There have only been three previous sightings of the creature in the UK. Experts believe the slugs are adapting to climate change by moving into warmer waters. An extremely rare creature was ...

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Scientists at Nara Women’s University in Japan observed a strange phenomenon last year that would make many a lizard quite envious. Sea slugs’ heads can detach and regrow the entirety of their bodies, ...

They’ve been called 'solar-powered slugs' and 'leaves that crawl' — species of sacoglossan sea slug that assimilate the photosynthetic organelles in the algae they eat, causing their bodies to turn ...

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 that ...

Researchers mimic the animal kingdom’s most basic signs of intelligence in quantum material WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — For artificial intelligence to get any smarter, it needs first to be as intelligent ...

Ethereal: adjective that describes something that is “extremely delicate and light in a way that seems too perfect for this world.” It’s a fun word to use, and from now on when people look it up in ...

Researchers witnessed this coral slowly slurp up a sea slug back in December of 2014. Mehrotra et al. Sometimes mushroom corals get hungry. And, apparently, to quell that hunger, sometimes they eat ...