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 ...
The sea slug Aplysia californica is a slimy, homely creature that can be found at low tide along the California shore. When this creature feels threatened in its underwater habitat, it releases a ...
Scientists found a bioluminescent deep-sea animal with a “gelatinous” body and discovered a new species, a study said. Photo from MBARI From a research vessel off the coast of California, a team of ...
Initially, they had trouble placing the mystery mollusc in a known group because Bathydevius caudactylus looks unlike anything they had seen before. It has a voluminous hooded structure at one end, a ...
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Discover the Costasiella kuroshimae, a tiny 'leaf sheep' sea slug found in Asian and Oceanian tropical waters. This miniature ...
Seagrasses are critical to coastal ecosystems—offering habitat, stabilizing the seafloor and buffering wave energy—but globally they're increasingly under threat. Beginning in 2011, a series of ...