The Mediterranean is among the fastest-warming bodies of water in the world, and the arrival of these tiny terrors is raising concern across Spain... .
The blue dragons, which pack a ferocious sting, have led to several beach closures. Experts say it’s a worrying sign of the warming of the Mediterranean... .
Dangerous sea slugs have forced the closure of a popular stretch of coast following multiple sightings of the pair of alien-like creatures, which can “burn” human skin ... “Contact with this sea animal ...
This week, a friend sent me our horoscope—we’re both Gemini—from Seven Days, a beloved Vermont weekly, because, improbably, it was about the sea slug I’d been telling her about just days before.
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At first glance, the lettuce sea slug (Elysia crispata) looks like a leafy underwater alien ... In a new study, researchers from Harvard took a closer look at how the lettuce sea slug preserves and uses these stolen chloroplasts.