Bathydevius is unlike any sea slug the scientists had ever seen. A unique new species of sea slug Bathydevius typically lives thousands of feet below the surface, far from the coastal tide pools ...

"Everyone in the control room let out a loud 'Oooooh!' at the same time. We were all enchanted," a researcher said.

Some of the most bizarre lifeforms on Earth lurk in the deeper realms of the ocean. There was so little known about one of ...

is unique from other nudibranchs. Nudibranchs, or sea slugs, are soft-bodied marine gastropod mollusks. Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute senior scientists Bruce Robison and Steven Haddock ...

The sea slug’s body is made up of a large gelatinous ... below the surface in the ocean’s midnight zone, creating a unique challenge for scientists who’ve worked for decades to catalog ...

This unique mouth shape is used to trap crustaceans, unlike other sea slugs that use a raspy tongue to feed on prey attached to the seafloor. It only glows a bioluminescent blue when it feels ...

With a large, gelatinous hood, tail like a paddle, and bright bioluminescence Bathydevius caudactylus is so unique that it belongs to a whole new family of sea slugs. The animal nicknamed the ...

Scientists have made a discovery in the depths of the Pacific Ocean, unveiling a mysterious glowing sea slug that has baffled ...

Marine biologists have found a new sea slug that is right at home in the ocean’s deep and dark midnight zone. With a large, gelatinous hood, tail like a paddle, and bright bioluminescence Bathydevius ...

When threatened, it can emit bioluminescence — a light produced by a chemical reaction that is uncommon in sea slugs — and shed a glowing “decoy” piece of its tail as a distraction. What’s unique ...