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.

We’re all familiar with La Jolla’s sea lions, harbor seals, orcas, garibaldi and seabirds. But in this new series of stories called Species of the Month, the Light will shed light on other, ...

MONTEREY, Calif. — More than two decades after spotting a mysterious, gelatinous, bioluminescent creature swimming in the deep sea, California researchers have announced that it is a new species of ...

Two tiny sea creatures with translucent bodies found on the California coast are both new species. They’re sea slugs, part of the Dotidae family. And while they’re small — measuring less than a ...

These bright pink sea slugs get their color from the rose-colored encrusting byrozoans on which they feed. (Photo by Jeff Goddard) Scientists have reported densities of up to dozens of nudibranchs per ...

NOAA's Ocean Exploration Team shares what scary creatures are lurking deep down in the dark ocean floor. MONTEREY, Calif. — More than two decades after spotting a mysterious, gelatinous, ...