Sea slugs use bold, bright colors under sunlight to warn predators of their toxic traits. These colors are easier for fish to ...

Tami Gingrich explores the characteristics of common slug and snails in Ohio, highlighting their benefits for wildlife and ...

Slugs can wreak havoc on your garden, with these pests known to feed on a variety of plants, from seedlings to leaves.

They found that sea slugs use bold visual signals like brightly colored spots, thick stripes, or enhanced body outlines to ...

The banana slug has a single lung, which has an external breathing pore, and it eats with its radula, a tongue-like body part that’s covered in rows of microscopic teeth. Like all gastropods ...

David Cheng, a researcher at the University of Florida's Department of Entomology and Nematology, said that while he can't ...

Like much of the slug's body, the feelers can be retracted at will, and regrow if cut off. Slugs do not really have a proper brain, but they do have knots of nerve cells which are capable of ...

Rather than hiding from predators, the brightest and most patterned sea slugs are active during the day so their colors shine ...