A certain species of sea slug steals chloroplasts from algae and houses its contraband in special organelles that it can raid ...

Green grazer Scientists discovered decades ago that certain species of sea slug store chloroplasts from the algae they eat, a diet that can turn the slugs bright green.

Sacoglossan sea slugs, discreet inhabitants of coral reefs, hide an astonishing secret. Unlike other animals, they can "steal ...

Chloroplasts are specialized organelles where photosynthesis occurs, in a highly structured network of membranes, composed of stacked thylakoids interconnected by lamellae.

While green isn’t an unusual color in nature, beautiful green animals are somewhat rare and exotic. Many green-colored animals, such as toads and various insects, have little to distinguish them ...

If you’re ever diving off the coast of the Philippines and have a keen eye, you might be lucky enough to spot something that looks remarkably like an underwater Pokémon character: the Costasiella ...

The payoffs are real: ancient biochemistry could spawn new drugs or enzymes that work in extreme cold. Yet each core sample ...

A lab experiment that simulated Mars conditions showed that green algae can grow in plastic containers made from the same ...

Photosystem II (PSII) is the only biological machine capable of splitting water into oxygen using sunlight. It plays a ...

The Kansas Department of Health and Environment has lifted blue-green algae advisories for three Kansas lakes.

The Florida Department of Health's Palm Beach County office has issued an advisory regarding the presence of blue-green algae in Lake Okeechobee near Pahokee. The algae was located May 7 in the ...

The concerning sample was taken earlier this week from Racy Point in St. Johns County, west of Elkton and north of Hastings. Many types of blue-green algae can produce toxins, according to the ...