"For there to be a relatively large, unique, and glowing animal that is in a previously unknown family really underscores the ...

Researchers classified the new species within a new genus, Bathydevius, and new family, Bathydeviidae, because of its ...

Deep-sea researchers have discovered a strange glowing sea slug off the coast of California that lives in the water column — ...

While most sea slugs use a rough tongue to feed on prey attached to the seafloor, B. caudactylus uses a cavernous hood to ...

Scientists discovered a fascinating new deep sea animal they call the "mystery mollusc," and captured footage of the glowing ...

"For there to be a relatively large, unique, and glowing animal that is in a previously unknown family really underscores the ...

Researchers have discovered a remarkable new species of sea slug that lives in the deep sea. Nicknamed the 'mystery mollusc,' the nudibranch Bathydevius caudactylus swims through the ocean's midnight ...

An unusual sea slug with a large hood, a tail with fingerlike projections and glowing bioluminescence has been found living ...

On one occasion, researchers observed the animal illuminate and then detach a steadily glowing finger-like projection from the tail, likely serving as a decoy to distract a potential predator. “When ...

A "remarkable" new sea slug nicknamed the “mystery mollusk” has been discovered swimming deep in the ocean's "midnight" zone.

A new glowing nudibranch species is the first known to swim through the ocean’s midnight zone and has unique adaptations for ...