The Banana Slug character (shown here with a newly redesigned costume) may very well be the most recognizable image associated with UC Santa Cruz. Walking around the campus, Sammy always runs into ...

Consider the lowly slug. When I was a child of about five or six, I apparently did. My grandmother was busy with a sharp garden tool killing slugs that were rampaging through her strawberry patch.

Researchers have discovered a new species of glowing sea slug deep in the ocean’s midnight zone. Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) scientists said in a press release on Tuesday that ...

Three new sightings of the invasive black velvet leatherleaf slug have been reported on the Coast in April and May, bringing the total of reported sightings to around 40 since it was first found ...