Around 100 million years ago, a group of sea snails abandoned the one thing that should have kept them alive—their shells. Instead of going extinct, they evolved into one of the strangest animals in ...

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If you liked this story, share it with other people. Study lead author Ho-Yeung Chan first spotted the sea slug during a recreational dive in the coastal waters of Keelung, northern Taiwan, in 2019.

When it comes to sex, banana slugs take things slow. But slow doesn’t mean boring. Banana slug mating involves swapping slime, swinging heads and some light (or heavy) biting. Learn about how banana ...

Taiwanese divers gave it a name before scientists did. The tiny spotted creature on Keelung’s reefs had a nickname – “sesame” – earned for its size and dotted appearance. Divers recognized it ...

Banana slug mating is slow—but far from boring: slime, biting, and wild slug sex explained. Banana slug mating is slow, sure. But it’s also exciting, especially when it could end in apophallation – ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Two 'Thecacera sesama' feeding on a bryozoan. "Taiwanese divers call it 'sesame' in Chinese and it is also small like a sesame ...

Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in zoology from the University of Reading and a master’s in wildlife documentary production from the University of Salford. Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in ...

Translucent, speckled, and barely the size of a grain of rice, a new species of sea slug has been identified in the coastal waters of Keelung, Taiwan. Because of its minute size and distinctive black ...

From the twisted minds behind "Big Mouth" comes this wildly adult animated comedy series about love, sex and relationships set in the animal world. We chat with writer and co-executive producer Ashly ...