Tokyo — Self-amputation of body parts is well-documented in the animal kingdom: Geckos shed their tails — still wagging — as a diversion tactic when threatened. Some species of insect will sacrifice ...

A photosynthetic sea slug has developed a unique evolutionary mechanism to help it get ahead in life, so to speak. Sacoglossan slugs have the ability to quite literally decapitate their own heads from ...

For the vast majority of animals on this planet, losing their head would be a near-instant death sentence. Creatures that have distinct heads typically use them to house a brain and other extremely ...

Look; we've all heard of extreme makeovers, but slugs take that idea to new levels. Sakaya (ph) Mitoh, a researcher in Japan, discovered a slug in a lab a few years ago that was somehow separated from ...

Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a twist for CNET. When not wallowing in weird gear and iPad apps for cats, she can be found tinkering with her 1956 DeSoto. Most ...

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March 8 (UPI) --For at least two species of sea slug, decapitation is no big deal. After purposefully severing its head, a sacoglossan sea slug can regrow its entire body, heart and all. Scientists ...

Imagine biologist Sayaka Mitoh’s surprise the day she found that a sea slug in her lab was suddenly missing its body. Or its head, really—depends on your perspective. Either way, the sea slug was in ...

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