Cal State LA professor Patrick Krug studies photosynthetic sea slugs that could help advance cancer research, regenerative ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In 2000, scientists spotted a bioluminescent mollusk in the deep sea. The animal was so unique that they had no idea what it was ...

Sea slugs come in all sorts of shapes, sizes, colors, and patterns. With so many different species, it feels like there’s ...

When we think of slugs, we often picture slimy brown garden creatures. Under the sea, however, you can find slugs so colorful and unique they seem to have been transplanted from another planet ...

It might look like something you'd find in an alien salad, but this bizarre sea slug can actually steal body parts from other organisms and use their powers for itself. "This is an organism that can ...

They had to sea it to believe it. Researchers near California waters found an elusive, deep sea “mystery” mollusk that operates as a Venus fly trap far below depth. The creature is also spectacularly ...

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Quick Take Eastern Emerald Elysia rely on the algae Vaucheria litorea to complete its development. The sea slug retains ...

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 ...

In 2000, scientists spotted a bioluminescent mollusk in the deep sea. The animal was so unique that they had no idea what it was until they did genetic testing. It turned out to be a new species of ...