Sea slugs are one of the world’s most stunning, diverse, and adaptable animals. Not only are sea slugs beautiful to look at, but their methods of survival are unparalleled. While some marine species ...

The ability of sacoglossan sea slugs to sequester and maintain functional algal chloroplasts – a process known as kleptoplasty – has long fascinated researchers. This phenomenon enables the slugs to ...

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 ...

TOKYO - Japanese researchers have identified two species of sea slugs that have the ability to detach their own heads from their bodies, move around and grow entirely new bodies. Ecologists from Nara ...

It turns out getting beheaded doesn't mean automatic death for every animal. Researchers discovered that two species of sea slugs, Elysia cf. marginata and Elysia atroviridis, can regrow their body ...

Scientists found a translucent sea animal with “bladelike teeth” and discovered a new species, a study said. Photo shows a representative coast in the Azores. Photo from André Mendonça via Unsplash ...