Slimy spinach results from excess moisture fostering bacterial growth, which breaks down the leaves and causes a mushy ...

Eating snails, or escargot, may seem unusual to some, but in France it's a cherished delicacy with deep cultural roots. This ...

This article was originally featured on The Conversation. Omer Gokcumen is an associate professor of Biological Sciences, University at Buffalo. Slime is everywhere. It shapes the consistency of ...

Slime is made up of proteins called mucins, which are vessels for sugar molecules. These sugars are the key taskmasters in making things slimy.

This week someone asked me what's the strangest thing I had encountered in the Gulf of Maine. It got me thinking. I have seen a lot of strange things! I guess it would be a slime star. Back in ...

Slime green still appears on Balenciaga’s Instagram, on Versace’s fall 2019 runway, and in every Zara as far as the eye can see. It‘s not over yet. But it doesn’t feel as fresh as just-cut ...

The slime is unique in the animal kingdom. It consists of mucin, seawater and slime threads that act as a net to trap seawater. It is stronger than mucus alone as it is entwined with long ...

Despite intensive research, much about the American eel’s lifecycle remains unknown. What we do know is that these eels spend ...

The hagfish may not be as primitive as once thought, thanks to a new fossil discovery. NPR's Scott Simon asks The Atlantic science writer Ed Yong about his recent piece on hagfish and their slime.