SEATTLE — It’s easy being green for a sea slug that has stolen enough genes to become the first animal shown to make chlorophyll like a plant. Shaped like a leaf itself, the slug Elysia ...

SEATTLE — It’s easy being green for a sea slug that has stolen enough genes to become the first animal shown to make chlorophyll like a plant. Shaped like a leaf itself, the slug Elysia ...

But look carefully: Impeccably hidden sea slugs lie among this algae, cloaked in what look like green capes. For decades, these incredible mimics were thought to be one species. But a new study ...

The first photo of Klaud was immediately met with meme treatment by Twitter users who ... The subreddit for everyone’s favourite slug with an allergy to sodium chloride: Klaud!

Part animal, part plant! This may sound like a tabloid headline, but scientists say that a green sea slug has managed to incorporate enough algae parts to easily live off of sunlight, just as a ...

Gould, W. G. Binney Licensed under Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons The sea slug Elysia chlorotica is as brilliant green as a new leaf. And in a very leaf-like and un-slug-like way, it can ...

A green sea slug appears to be part animal, part plant. It's the first critter discovered to produce the plant pigment chlorophyll. The sneaky slugs seem to have stolen the genes that enable this ...

A green sea slug appears to be part animal, part plant. It's the first critter discovered to produce the plant pigment chlorophyll. The sneaky slugs seem to have stolen the genes that enable this ...

This ability is usually limited to plants, algae and bacteria, but one unique animal can do it too – the emerald green sea slug Elysia chlorotica. This remarkable creature steals the genes and ...

Sprinkling coffee grounds around lettuces, marigolds and delphiniums could help to deter snails and slugs. Scientists have ... it could become a safe "green" pesticide for gardeners and farmers ...

No, it doesn't have algae on board, it IS a freaking algae plant. "SEATTLE — It’s easy being green for a sea slug that has stolen enough genes to become the first animal shown to make ...

Gould, W. G. Binney Licensed under Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons The sea slug Elysia chlorotica is as brilliant green as a new leaf. And in a very leaf-like and un-slug-like way, it can ...