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.

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 ...

Tourists sailing off the coast of Italy filmed a strange-looking underwater creature. It's called a Sea Hare, and every dog ...

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Inspired by feeling sluggish in this heat wave, meet the ragged sea hare (Bursatella leachii). This large species of sea slug gets its name from its branched papillae, or finger-like outgrowths, which ...