Scientists have long been baffled as to how a particular sea slug is able to photosynthesize after ingesting algae. Now, a team of researchers appears to have found the answer: the slug steals genes ...

For decades, scientists have puzzled over how a certain sea slug acquires the ability to photosynthesize after ingesting algae. An advanced imaging technique now confirms that the slugs are literally ...

Leaf sheep are solar‑powered sea slugs These unique sea slugs can absorb chloroplasts from algae and use sunlight to generate ...

How a brilliant-green sea slug manages to live for months at a time 'feeding' on sunlight, like a plant, is clarified in a recent study. The authors present the first direct evidence that the emerald ...

The inch-long sea slug Elysia rufescens eats algae for sustenance, but it gets an added benefit in the form of toxins within the algae, which can help the slug defend itself. Researchers have found ...

Scientists have confirmed for the first time that one extraordinary species of sea slug ‘steals’ genes from the algae it eats, which enables it to photosynthesize like a plant and gain energy from ...

Eastern Emerald Elysia rely on the algae Vaucheria litorea to complete its development. The sea slug retains chloroplasts from the algae in the cells of its digestive tract. Here, the chloroplasts ...

The sea slug Elysia rufescens fights predators by wielding toxic chemicals that it acquires from eating algae. A team has discovered that these chemicals are made by bacteria living inside the algae, ...

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The brilliant emerald green sea slug, Elysia chlorotica, spends months living on sunlight just like plants. It’s been called the photosynthesizing sea slug in the past, but how it manages to do this ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Several species of sea slugs can actually photosynthesize like plants, ...

Delicate yet voracious, the sea slug Elysia rufescens grazes cow-like on bright green tufts of algae, rooting around to find the choicest bits. But this inch-long marine mollusk gains not only a tasty ...