Sam Ballard never did anything wrong, if you ask family and friends. The teenager from Sydney’s upper north shore was having a laugh and some red wine with mates in the backyard, “trying to act like ...

Unlike their shelled relatives, which can tuck in and hide from predators and environmental factors, sea slugs are just out ...

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

The Banana Slug character (shown here with a newly redesigned costume) may very well be the most recognizable image associated with UC Santa Cruz. Walking around the campus, Sammy always runs into ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. is a senior reporter who has covered AI, robotics, and more for eight years at The Verge. We’re a long way from ...

The head and the body of the sea slug Elysia marginata, a day after the animal decapitated itself. Sayaka Mitoh Some sea slugs decapitate themselves and regrow fresh bodies in mere weeks, reports ...

Melissa Breyer was Treehugger’s senior editorial director before moving to Martha Stewart. Her writing and photography have been featured in The New York Times, The Guardian, National Geographic, ...

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I’m very pro animal names for cars. There’s rarely been a car named for an animal that I’ve felt wasn’t a great car name. Sunbeam Tiger, Mercury Cougar, Shelby Cobra, DeTomaso Mangusta, Chevy Impala, ...

Metal Slug 3, one of the crown jewels in SNK Playmore's retro video game catalog, remains an exciting, well-crafted experience more than a decade after its original Neo Geo release. Charming graphics ...

The breakneck action of SNK's playfully over-the-top military shooter series still holds up, despite compromised motion controls and additional load times. After years of scattered, piecemeal releases ...

Metal Slug Tactics lives up to its stone-cold classic namesake from SNK’s golden era with its painstakingly detailed pixel art, head-bopping soundtrack, and snappy structure. It magnificently ...