What is slime mold and what should you do about it? originally appeared on Dengarden. If you’ve recently made the (mildly horrifying) discovery of a slimy growth in your mulch that looks like ...

Pity the poor slime mold. As if that name itself wasn’t bad enough, some species have even worse monikers, like dog vomit or scrambled egg slime. And despite the fact that they come in many striking ...

What do you call something that’s neither a plant, nor animal, nor fungus? In this case, the answer is “The Blob” — or, seeing as it exists in Paris, France, “Le Blob,” to be exact. To survive the ...

The bare woods of late fall in Westborough harbor odd forms of life known as slime molds, including those with strange, descriptive names like wolf’s milk slime and pretzel slime. A glimpse of these ...

The humble unicellular slime mold's amazing ability to learn and impart learning even with no brain has been highlighted in a new study. The organism Physarum polycephalum is no plant, animal, or a ...

Slime molds look like simple goop, but their behavior suggests a surprising kind of problem-solving ability. Without a brain or nervous system, they can navigate obstacles, optimize routes, and adapt ...

Slime mold, often called Dog's vomit slime mold, not a fungus but an amoeba-like organism that engulfs bacteria and other prey with its pseudopods. Getty Images Were you stuck in a jam on the way to ...