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 ...

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 whole point of a representative democracy, like the one that governs the United States, is to remove bias and human error from the policymaking process that ...

The vomit slime mold — let’s call it Fuligo — is the one you are most likely to notice, especially on mulch. Many other slime molds are quite small, but you might see them on very damp, well-decayed ...

Q: After the recent rain showers which I am so happy to receive, there is a strange pinkish-orange slime in my garden which looks unsettlingly like my dog couldn’t keep his meal down. It’s pretty ...

The other day, wandering the back alleys of social media, I discovered a Facebook group to fall instantly in love with: “Slime Mold Identification & Appreciation.” Joining the group, I was amazed to ...

Despite not having brains, slime molds are able to remember where they’ve been. They avoid oozing back over paths that didn’t lead them to food by detecting “memories” in the trails of slime they ...

In a study released last week, computer scientist Selim Akl of Queens University demonstrated that slime mold is fantastically efficient at finding the quickest route to food. When he placed rolled ...

Even without a brain, a slime mold can essentially remember where it's been, helping it navigate past complex obstacles, much like modern robots, researchers say. These findings reveal how ancient ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. Myxomycetes, or slime molds, are fungus-like organisms that have ...

Evidence mounts that organisms without nervous systems can in some sense learn and solve problems, but researchers disagree about whether this is “primitive cognition.” Slime molds are among the world ...

I was on my regular Duluth dog walk last week when I spotted this in a neighbor’s mulch. I’m no expert, but I’m pretty sure this is a slime mold – specifically, “dog vomit” slime mold: Fuligo septica.