The '80s called and they want their slug back. This giant fluorescent pink slug from a mountaintop in Australia was just recently identified as a variety of the species Triboniophorus aff. Graeffei.

In 2010 at a friend’s party, strapping 19-year-old rugby player Sam Ballard swallowed a garden slug as a dare. A group of young friends was sitting around at a table drinking red wine when a slug was ...

Australian health authorities Thursday warned people against eating raw slugs after a man who reportedly ingested one as a dare became critically ill with a rare form of meningitis. New South Wales ...

Accepting a simple dare -- eat a garden slug -- had devastating consequences for one teenage rugby player in Australia, according to news reports. After the teen swallowed the slug, he developed a ...

A bright pink slug species, found only on one mountain in Australia, has survived the devastating bushfires that ripped through much of its habitat. The unique, eye-catching creature only lives on the ...

High on top Mount Kaputar in New South Wales, Australia, National Parks and Wildlife Service ranger Michael Murphy discovered giant, fluorescent pink slugs unique to a ten square kilometer patch of ...

Johnny Rotten would love this spiky punk rock sea slug. This one was photographed in Nelson Bay, a biodiversity hotspot on the east coast of Australia, during a seasonal sea slug census. Since sea ...

Hot pink slugs that emerge after rainy nights have become a conservation symbol for alpine forests on Australia’s Mount Kaputar, reports The Sydney Morning Herald. The slugs, which measure up to 20 ...

Atlas Obscura on Slate is a blog about the world’s hidden wonders. Like us on Facebook and Tumblr, or follow us on Twitter. Australia is renowned for being being filled with dangerous animals that can ...

Scientists found some colorful pink animals in a sandy river at a Queensland park and discovered a new species, a study said. Google Street View July 2019 © 2024 ...