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When we think of slugs, we often picture slimy brown garden creatures. Under the sea, however, you can find slugs so colorful and unique they seem to have been transplanted from another planet ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In 2000, scientists spotted a bioluminescent mollusk in the deep sea. The animal was so unique that they had no idea what it was ...

They had to sea it to believe it. Researchers near California waters found an elusive, deep sea “mystery” mollusk that operates as a Venus fly trap far below depth. The creature is also spectacularly ...

A slow slaughter beneath the waves is surprisingly social: one species of sea slug attacks its anemone prey in teams. The finding highlights how predatory collaboration isn’t limited to more complex ...

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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 ...

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 ...