Radio and PodcastRadio and PodcastLive Radio & Podcasts
The Mystery of Sea Creatures (5/5): The fantastically weird world of photosynthetic sea slugs Michael Middlebrooks artwork
Society & Culture

The Mystery of Sea Creatures (5/5): The fantastically weird world of photosynthetic sea slugs Michael Middlebrooks

TED Talks Daily by TED

Jul 18, 202612:18Society & Culture

Meet the fantastically colorful and astonishingly adaptable sea slugs that found a way to photosynthesize (or create energy from sunlight) like plants. Diving deep into these often overlooked creatures, invertebrate zool...

About This Episode

The Mystery of Sea Creatures (5/5): The fantastically weird world of photosynthetic sea slugs Michael Middlebrooks is an episode from TED Talks Daily by TED. Meet the fantastically colorful and astonishingly adaptable sea slugs that found a...

Podcast

This episode belongs to TED Talks Daily.

Listen Online

Use the player on this page to stream the episode online.

Episode Details

Published Jul 18, 2026, 12:18 long, audio available.