'Not the most attractive': Underdog snail wins Mollusc of the Year
In the end it was neither beauty, nor gymnastic mating rituals that won the public over.
Plants & Animals
Mar 23, 2023
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News tagged with slugs
New analytical technique helps researchers spot subtle differences in subcellular chemistry
Researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign can now rapidly isolate and chemically characterize individual organelles within cells. The new technique tests the limits of analytical chemistry and rapidly reveals ...
Biochemistry
Sep 30, 2021
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Slugs and snails, destructors of crops and gardens, could be controlled by bread dough
New research from Oregon State University Extension Service found slugs and snails are strongly attracted to bread dough, a discovery that could lead to better ways of controlling these serious pests of agriculture, nurseries ...
Ecology
Aug 19, 2021
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These sea slugs sever their own heads and regenerate brand-new bodies
You've heard of animals that can lose and then regenerate a tail or limb. But scientists reporting in the journal Current Biology on March 8 have now discovered two species of sacoglossan sea slug that can do even better, ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 8, 2021
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How some sea slugs keep their ability to carry out plant-like photosynthesis
Scientists have shed new light on a relationship between a sea slug and tiny structures called chloroplasts from their food algae that allow the animals to photosynthesise in a similar way to plants.
Plants & Animals
Oct 20, 2020
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Leopard slugs mate in the most beautifully bizarre way – and nobody knows why
Under the cover of night, two large leopard slugs begin to court, circling each other, before climbing single-file up a tree or onto a rock. They lower themselves on a mucus rope, while entwining their bodies in a strictly ...
Plants & Animals
Dec 11, 2019
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Egg-sucking sea slug from Florida's Cedar Key named after Muppets creator Jim Henson
Feet from the raw bars and sherbet-colored condominiums of Florida's Cedar Key, researchers discovered a new species of egg-sucking sea slug, a rare outlier in a group famous for being ultra-vegetarians.
Plants & Animals
Jun 18, 2019
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Five new species of sea slugs found in the ocean depths
When you think of sea slugs, you might envision dark, slimy relatives of the slugs you see in your garden. But one group of sea slugs, the nudibranchs (pronounced "nood-i-branks"), are gaudy, fascinating creatures. They come ...
Plants & Animals
Dec 13, 2018
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Scientists from the California Academy of Sciences describe 17 new species of sea slugs
This National Sea Slug Day, celebrate the addition of 17 new species of nudibranch to the tree of life. Adorned in lavish patterns and colors that range from yellow polka dots to shades of mauve and neon blue, the new marine ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 29, 2018
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Why zombie slugs could be the answer to gardeners' woes
Slugs and snails are the bane of almost every vegetable planting gardener and farmer. Slugs in particular have voracious appetites and are relentless in eating stems, leaves and shoots. No wonder gardeners have sought any ...
Plants & Animals
Apr 10, 2018
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