A new study out of Japan has revealed that certain sea slugs, which are partially 'solar-powered,' can intentionally remove their own heads in order to grow a new body. The strange discovery was made ...

SOUNDBITE) (Japanese) NARA WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY PHD RESEARCHER, SAYAKA MITOH, SAYING:"One day, the head and body of the Elysia cf. marginata (sea slug) that our laboratory had been raising for ...

Heads of some sea slugs can pull themselves free from their bodies and move around while growing a new body, according to a study by ecologists from Nara Women’s University in Japan. Researchers ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An Elysia marginata, a species of sea slug, is seen after shedding its body in an act of self-decapitation in a handout photo ...

It’s like something out of a B-grade horror movie. A severed head separates from its body. An unsuspecting scientist assumes a tragic fate, until the head twitches, moves, and regrows its body. Its ...