A new species of the slug moth genus Monema has been described from China. The name refers to the peculiar caterpillars resembling slugs in many of their characteristics. The recent study of the ...

Largest genus of terrestrial slugs The deroceras are a genus of slugs represented locally by two species, one of which could be endemic to the Maltese islands. The genus consists of about 123 species ...

Scientists at UC Santa Cruz have completed the first end-to-end genome of the iconic Pacific banana slug, a species synonymous with California’s coastal redwood forests and the university's beloved ...

Seventeen new species of sea slug have been added to the nudibranch family tree courtesy of efforts from a group of researchers at the California Academy of Sciences. These tiny underwater creatures ...

If you were asked to name cute animals, it’s unlikely slugs would be high on the list but one mollusc could be about to change your mind. The Jorunna parva is a species of slug that has been described ...

A new species of sea creature has been discovered in UK waters. Previously, there were only thought to be two species of the pleurobranchid genus of sea slug - none of whom had ever been seen in UK ...

By Liz Kimbrough A transparent goby fish drifted through the darkness, its skeleton visible through paper-thin skin. Nearby, ...

A “species” is a hypothesis. And for microscopic critters, this hypothesis is very often wrong. What I do love are cryptic species – nondescript, gooey specimens that all look the same, but have ...

A rare multi-coloured sea slug has been spotted in UK waters for the first time. The slug, called Babakina anadoni, was found by a diver off the coast of the Isles of Scilly, an archipelago southwest ...

The moth genus Monema is represented by medium-sized yellowish species. The genus belongs to the Limacodidae family also known as the slug moths due to the distinct resemblance of their caterpillars ...