It’s quite misleading to call all nudibranchs ‘sea slugs’. Yes, a nudibranch is a sea slug, but a sea slug need not necessarily be a nudibranch! All of them belong to the class Gastropoda, a grouping ...

Why it's awesome: These tiny marine creatures are probably better known by their nickname, "Shaun the Sheep" sea slugs, because of their uncanny resemblance to the iconic TV character. The ...

Marine scientists have identified and named a mysterious creature of the deep sea after studying the elusive sea slug for twenty years. Bathydevius caudactylus is a newly identified sea slug that ...

Named for the undulating waves of its broad, fleshy appendages—called parapodia—lettuce sea slugs appear in a range of colors from pale yellow to deep blue or even lettuce green. This variation is ...

Research highlights the need to improve protection of the UK’s blue carbon Innovation, research and a mammoth volunteering effort ... Discoveries include climate-indicator sea slugs and seaweeds, plus ...

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 ...

Sea slugs making a home in the UK due to climate ... The UK became the first country in 2024 to map its “blue carbon” – the carbon stored in seabed mud and coastal habitats such as ...

The sea slug, identifiable by its distinctive warty skin ... which has long called for the banning of bottom trawling in protected areas, believing that protecting the UK’s blue carbon will help ...

Sea slugs making a home in the UK due to climate change are among the species spotted around the country’s coasts in 2024, The Wildlife Trusts said. Sea monitoring by volunteers and conservationists ...