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New Study Finds The Most Vibrant Sea Slugs Are Those That Have Evolved To Show Their Colors In Daylight

But this title also applies to some of the most vibrant and diversely colored and patterned creatures on our planet: you just need to know where to look. That’s because, under the watery cover of our ... read more

KUOW - Neighbors: Sea Slugs

Neighbors: Sea Slugs. Alec Cowan. December 21, 2022 / 5:00 am ... and community scientists Luan Roberts and Karin Fletcher. Read More from Environment or: ... read more

Weird sea slug turns into living solar panel by stealing algae’s sunlight powers

The team has named these sacs “kleptosomes.” These membrane-bound compartments protect the chloroplasts and keep them functioning. The kleptosomes eventually move to the slug’s back, where the ... read more

Scientists Have Reared These Colorful Sea Slugs From Egg To Adult For First Time | IFLScience

In the sea slug department, however, there has been something of a breakthrough, as scientists have successfully reared a chromodorid sea slug from egg to adult in a lab for the first time. read more

‘Devious’ New Deep Sea Creature Hid Its Identity From Scientists

It took nearly 25 years for biologists to discover that a swimming and glowing organism in the ocean’s midnight zone was actually a sea slug. read more

‘Wonder of nature’: Some decapitated sea slugs can regrow bodies, scientists discover - KTLA

Scientists have discovered the ultimate case of regeneration: Some decapitated sea slugs can regrow hearts and whole new bodies. This “wonder of nature,” reported in a biology journal on ... read more

Sea slugs can remove their heads and regrow their bodies, scientists discover - ABC News - ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Sea slugs can remove their heads and regrow their bodies, scientists discover Share Posted Tue 9 Mar 2021 at 9:24am Tuesday 9 Mar 2021 at 9:24am Tue 9 Mar 2021 at 9:24am ... read more

Scientists say they have transferred memories between sea slugs

Science may never know what wistful memories play on the mind of the California sea hare, a 30cm-long hermaphrodite marine slug, as it munches on algae in the shallow tide pools of the Pacific coast. read more

A census of sea slugs is helping scientists to track climate change

Sea slugs in the waters around Australia are being used to help researchers better understand climate change. Since 2013 the Sea Slug Census, a citizen science programme powered by volunteers, has ... read more

Using their heads: Sea slugs can self-decapitate to get rid of parasites, Japan scientists say

Japanese researchers have shown that a type of sea slug is able to self-decapitate and regrow their bodies, a discovery that could have ramifications for regenerative medicine. The mechanism is ... read more

Discovery of new species of sea slugs in the Indo-Pacific excites scientists - ABC News - ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

They may not everyone's favourite creature, but scientists have discovered 18 new species of bright and colourful sea slugs in the Indo-Pacific. Lead researcher Kara Layton has been studying the ... read more