Early morning is a great time to observe many of the wonders of nature. Recently, one such wonder, a colorful slime mold, was observed in the mulch of an ornamental bed at a local business. Spring ...

Dog vomit slime mold (Fuligo septica) might appear to be a fungus, but it's not. It's part of the protist, not fungi, kingdom and more closely related to an amoeba than a fungus.

The slime mold doesn’t simply charge toward the largest food source. It explores broadly, strengthens promising paths, and, crucially, maintains weaker connections to places that might, one day ...

Just as humans can use mobile phones or notebooks for memory storage and recall, slime moulds can use slime. Granted, ...

As e-commerce platforms grow ever more reliant on cloud computing, efficiency and sustainability have come to the fore as urgent pressures on development. A study published in the International ...

This is a type of slime mold that is actually called "dog vomit slime mold." If this name isn't strange enough, it is also called "scrambled egg slime mold." It is most common in mulches ...

If this name isn't strange enough, it is also called "scrambled egg slime mold." It is most common in mulches containing decaying wood. These would be the various types of hardwood mulches.

Often mistaken for mold, the pink slime that typically grows in showers and toilets is a bacteria that can cause serious infections, especially in immunocompromised individuals.

The slime-mold map created a cleaner filament structure than any human-designed algorithm they had tried; it was also sensitive to smaller features and traced dark matter more easily.

Insects, slime, mold found at Boar’s Head meat plants: USDA Published: Jan. 15, 2025, 7:01 a.m. FILE - A Boar's Head logo is seen at a bodega in New York, Aug. 30, 2024.