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“Nudibranchs have always been a marine marvel with their dazzling color diversity,” says Academy curator Dr. Terry Gosliner, an invertebrate zoologist who’s discovered over one-third of all sea slug species known to exist.
,Predator animals swiftly learn that brightly coloured animals are usually poisonous or are vile to the taste—essentially that they are not to be eaten.
Read moreOften referred to as slugs due to their evolutionary path, the grand designs of nudibranchs are as fascinating and varied as there are slugs themselves.
Read moreNatural products play an invaluable role as a starting point in the drug discovery process, and plants and animals use many interesting biologically active natural products as a chemical defense mechanism against predators.
Read moreNudibranchs are hermaphrodites, meaning that they carry both male and female reproductive organs. Moreover, when they mate, they can perform the male role of donating sperm and the female role of receiving sperm at the same time.
Read moreThough scientists know that humans have an internal clock that, using the light as a cue, sets and resets itself to control things like falling asleep, the raising and lowering of our body temperatures from day to night, and the slowing of our hea
Read moreThis strange-looking creature, Melibe leonine, is one of the most characteristic members of the Opisthobranchia.
Read moreSome related slugs also engulf chloroplasts but E. chlorotica alone preserves the little green photosynthetic organelles called chloroplasts, from the algae it eats in working order for a whole slug lifetime of nearly a year.
Read moreNaked indeed, and clearly exposed as such. How do they manage to survive in a brutal world full of hungry predators?
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