The Bailey-Matthews National Shell Museum's new exhibit, "Brilliant Colors of the Sea," features photographs of nudibranchs. Nudibranchs are shell-less marine mollusks known for their vibrant colors ...

From an ecological perspective, our oceans are as special as our land. Seawater makes up more than 70% of the Earth’s surface. Oceans teem with an enormous variety of animal groups poorly known to ...

Australian-UK researchers have found that a veined octopus has tool-using abilities after seeing it carry coconut shell halves and, then, assembling the two halves into a shelter. This sophisticated ...

This week I am looking small at some of the slimiest animals in the Gulf of Maine, nudibranchs. A pretty name for an animal that is basically a slug. You heard me, nudibranchs are snails without a ...

In a recent study published in the journal Marine Drugs, researchers in Spain reviewed the bioactive potential of nudibranch-derived compounds, with emphasis on their antitumor properties. Cancer is ...