There are some truly weird creatures in this world, from bizarre animals that look like Frankenstein projects to legitimately ...

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 ...

This week, a friend sent me our horoscope—we’re both Gemini—from Seven Days, a beloved Vermont weekly, because, improbably, it was about the sea slug I’d been telling her about just days before. “The ...

Meet Elysia chlorotica, a bright green sea slug that blurs the line between plant and animal. (Image: Canva) Elysia chlorotica sea slug photosynthesizes using stolen chloroplasts. It can survive for ...

When she made the discovery that would thrill her fellow snorkellers and excite researchers across North America, she didn’t think much of it at first. “I just thought, oh, that's a rotten leaf, keep ...

Life has certain rules and patterns. Plants, with their incredible ability to harness the sun’s energy, don’t go roaming around. They don’t need to. But animals, lacking the wondrous power of ...

Elysia chlorotica, commonly known as the green leaf sea slug, is a sea mollusk with unique features that are part animal and part plant. It belongs to the phylum Mollusca (mollusks like clams, oysters ...

It’s a black blob! It’s a rotten leaf! No, it’s a slug, and a pretty cool one at that. Snorkelers in Nova Scotia, Canada, have found a number of Elysia chlorotica, commonly known as eastern emerald ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Elli Ofthenorth is an avid snorkeller who shares her finds — including Elysia chlorotica — on her Snorkel Nova Scotia page.