Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Part of what made these toys and the stories they inspired so intriguing was the concept of a pet you could take with you ...

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 ...

This story originally appeared on WIRED UK. Enter The Blob—a yellowish chunk of slime mold set to make its debut at the Paris Zoological Park on Saturday. With nearly 720 sexes, and the ability to ...

Humans are very good at anthropomorphising things. That is, giving them human characteristics, like ourselves. We do it with animals—see just about any cartoon—and we even do it with our own ...

It can move. It can multiply. It can survive assault from gardening tools. Sometimes it pulses like a slimy heart. You’d be forgiven for thinking it’s extraterrestrial. (In fact, in 1973 a blob of it ...

Slime mold grows around the bottom of a tree. Slime mold feeds on dead and decaying organic matter and generally doesn't hurt anything. Howard Garrett / Special Contributor Oh, no! The dog threw up in ...