The bizarre mating behavior of hermaphroditic sea slugs — which involves stabbing penile appendages and hook-like penis spines — may have hidden benefits despite its wear on the body, new research ...

Most of us have been very disrespectful toward snails and slugs, thinking disgusted thoughts and turning into executioners of the low-riding mollusks. David Gordon wants to change your perception. The ...

Female sea slugs mate more frequently than required to produce offspring, despite the highly traumatic and biologically costly nature of their copulation, as reported Aug. 22 in the open access ...

An Australian sea slug uses a spike to inject fluid into the head of its mate during intercourse, researchers have found. THERE ARE MANY WEIRD mating practices in the animal kingdom, but researchers ...

A researcher finds some types of slugs can completely regenerate their body after self-decapitating as a method of surviving disease. Look; we've all heard of extreme makeovers, but slugs take that ...

Giant Spanish slugs have been mating with their British counterparts to create a mutant strain of "superslugs". The Spanish molluscs are thought to have arrived in the UK in salads during the summer ...