Tiny zooids known as kelp lace bryozoan live in a colony on kelp leaves, or blades, that when combined resemble mold and are ...

I never really understood the motivation behind geocaching, the recreational activity in which hobbyists locate hidden treasures using GPS. It seemed like a lot of effort for a tiny reward. Then I ...

Twenty years ago, researchers saw what they called a "mystery mollusc." Now, they've finally described it in detail... but they're keeping the name.

From an ecological perspective, our oceans are as special as our land. Seawater makes up more than 70% of the Earth’s surface. Oceans teem with an enormous variety of animal groups poorly known to ...

MBARI researchers have discovered a remarkable new species of sea slug that lives in the deep sea. Bathydevius caudactylus swims through the ocean’s midnight zone with a large gelatinous hood and ...

Q. I enjoy learning about bizarre animals like the terrestrial one you recently wrote about called a hammerhead worm. With all the strange animals found on land, the oceans must be full of even more ...

The highly elusive Macleay's spurilla, which has not been seen around Sydney Harbour for years, has been found during the city's second annual sea slug census. About 24 divers took part in the census ...

A tropical sea slug that was found in UK waters for the first time could be evidence of warming seas affecting marine wildlife, an expert has warned. Spurilla neapolitana is normally found in the ...

The compact East Village restaurant Nudibranch is named for the soft-bodied gastropods, a category of sea slugs, that Jeff Kim, a chef and co-founder, spied when diving off the coast of Indonesia. To ...