Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Rock Pool Project in Plymouth described the non-native species of sea slug as "alien-like" [Kwan Yu Goh] Non-native and rare ...

The La Jolla-based Scripps Institution of Oceanography is no stranger to getting calls from the public with questions about marine species found along local shores. Some callers wonder what something ...

In the 1960s, neuroscientist Eric Kandel began a series of experiments on the California brown sea hare, a species of sea slug that looks as though it were dropped into the ocean from outer space.

This week I found three mottled sea hares washed up along the high tide line. At first glance they looked like blobs of wet leather, but these strange drifters are actually large sea slugs, marine ...

I have no problem keeping track of how many times I have answered the phone at dawn to hear: “I just found my first sea hare! He just inked me!” The caller, my grandson Parker, was standing in the ...

OAKLAND, Calif. (KGO) -- Giant purple blobs are invading East Bay beaches and waterways. They are not a danger to the people, but the slugs' big size is unusual. They are called sea hares and they can ...

The sea slug Aplysia californica is a slimy, homely creature that can be found at low tide along the California shore. When this creature feels threatened in its underwater habitat, it releases a ...

People are used to seeing seaweed and shells wash ashore at Coronado Dog Beach, but not the strange creatures that look like organs. We found some people poking at the creatures with sticks Tuesday ...