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

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

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In the shallow marine waters off of the coasts of Japan, Philippines, you can find these adorable little creatures floating about ...

When you consider animals that have a lot of teeth, sharks are likely to be the first ones that come to mind, since they can grow and shed thousands of teeth in their lifetime. However, as shocking as ...

Elysia chlorotica is a rare sea slug that blurs the line between plant and animal. By stealing chloroplasts from algae, it can photosynthesise and survive for months without eating. Found along the US ...

Some of the most interesting—and possibly strangest—scientific discoveries happen by accident. According to the New York Times, Sayaka Mitoh, a Ph.D. candidate at Nara Women's University in Japan, was ...

If you live in an urban environment, it might seem like the animals you see every day—birds, bugs, squirrels—have adapted perfectly fine to city life. The team combed through years of iNaturalist data ...

Photos of Costasiella kuroshimae, a.k.a. the “leaf sheep” sea slug, have recently gone viral on Twitter again, and for good reason. The leaf sheep doesn’t just have an absurdly cute name, it also has ...