Even beyond sea slugs, the Elysia chlorotica is the first animal thus far known to photosynthesize. The Elysia chlorotica ...

While mating, as both slugs possess male and female reproductive organs, they proceed to insert their penises into each other ...

Banana slugs are decomposers and play an important role in their ecosystem. They eat detritus (dead organic matter), including fallen leaves and plants, animal feces, moss, and mushroom spores ...

The animal belongs to a genus of air-breathing marine slugs called Peronia, according to a study published March 12 in the peer-reviewed journal Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. When researcher Adam B ...

The aquatic ecosystem has always been interesting to humans. It is one territory where we can not survive for long and its ...

The garden is your personal sanctuary—one you'll want to protect against slugs and snails. While every creature has its place, these soft-bodied animals will feed on your plant leaves and fruits ...

After arthropods, molluscs – the group that snails and slugs belong to – are the second biggest phylum of animals on the planet. In the UK alone, there are 100 species of land snail, and that doesn’t ...

Not all animal horror films are created equal ... But one addition to the category is just flat out brutal. The 1988 film Slugs lives up to the genre by supplying fans with a creepy-crawly ...

But the sea slugs in the group Aeolida are practically impervious to these spiny javelins, despite their soft bodies. The aeolid animals employ a coating of chitin, a glucose derivative, in the front ...