The paper “changes the whole view of solar sea slugs”, says marine biologist David Behrens. “It was really cool to think the slugs survived as little bio-solar panels,” says Jeff Adams ...

During a tour of the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, Massachusetts, Corey Allard noticed something strange: fish using six leg-like appendages to "walk" around the bottom of their tank.

Kleptoplasty. It sounds cool. It is cool. Acquired phototrophy is a process where organisms - usually aquatic protists or metazoans - acquire and retain photosynthetic endosymbionts or their ...

A new video shows this interaction, which reveals that the predator sea slug, Pleurobranchaea californica is cleverer than previously believed. The slug, which generally eats anything it can get ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Sea slugs don’t shy away from the fish, crabs, sea turtles, or ...

By Annie Roth A few years ago, Sayaka Mitoh, a Ph.D. candidate at Nara Women’s University in Japan, was perusing her lab’s vast collection of sea slugs when she stumbled upon a gruesome sight.

Rather than hiding from predators, the brightest and most patterned sea slugs are active during the day so their colors shine, a University of Queensland study has found. Researchers from UQ's ...

"Sea slugs are like normal slugs you find in your garden but jazzed up," Eleanor Goodman says. Ms Goodman, a Devon Wildlife Trust volunteer based at Wembury Marine Centre, said she was passionate ...

A rainbow sea slug was found in the Isles of Scilly in 2022 "Sea slugs are like normal slugs you find in your garden but jazzed up," Eleanor Goodman says. Ms Goodman, a Devon Wildlife Trust ...

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 ...