SOLAR-POWERED ANIMALS
Jan 23, 2020
2 minutes
Words by Scott Dutfield
As Earth’s natural solar panels, plants obtain energy from converting sunlight into food in a process called photosynthesis. It’s an ability that has ensured the survival of autotrophs – an organism that produces its own food – for around 2 billion years. But it turns out plants don’t hold the monopoly on photosynthesis, as a few animal species have also been found
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