From movement to mating signals, slug slime plays a vital role in survival and explains those silvery garden trails.

Slugs move oxygen throughout their bodies, as other animals do, but they do so without lungs. How is this possible?

In the shallow marine waters off of the coasts of Japan, Philippines, you can find these adorable little creatures floating about in their magical underworld. They are Leaf Sheep.They are one of the ...

Even for the most ardent nature fan, it is all too easy to overlook slugs. Not only are they small, on the ground, and well, sluggish, they also don’t tend to please the average gardener. They eat ...

Part animal, part plant, bright green, and totally bizarre: Meet the sea slug Elysia chlorotica. Biologists already knew that this organism, native to the marshes of New England and Canada, was a ...

Slugs. They’re slimy. They’re sticky. And they make some people squirm. The largest type of slug in the United States, named for its yellow body, is the banana slug. Some banana slugs also have brown ...

*Speaking of humans with viruses for brains, what the heck gives with a mollusc that can photosynthesize? No, it doesn't have algae on board, it IS a freaking algae plant. "SEATTLE — It’s easy being ...

Even the meeting of lips can become an aggressive act in the animal kingdom. When humans come lip to lip, the result is a tender kiss, but this is not so for all animals. Some creatures throw mouths ...

The California quail, majestic redwoods and glowing orange poppy can now welcome two animal icons to the state’s lineup of official symbols: Dungeness crab and banana slugs. On Friday, Gov. Gavin ...

Photos of Costasiella kuroshimae, a.k.a. the “leaf sheep” sea slug, have recently gone viral on Twitter again, and for good reason. The leaf sheep doesn’t just have an absurdly cute name, it also has ...