If you’re hiking in a rainforest ecosystems during the summer, you might stumble upon a “freaky” clump of organisms that looks like it could be breakfast. It’s even nicknamed “scrambled egg slime,” ...

Slime mold has no brain, no nervous system, and no central control. Yet it can solve mazes, optimize networks, and adapt to ...

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 ...

A few years ago, Matt came across a curious creature resembling a mushroom. It was red, gross, and spectacular. But when he searched for more information, he discovered it wasn't a fungus. Nor was it ...

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.

CORVALLIS – It appears overnight and looks like a horror-show blob that’s slithered its way into your garden. The gross-looking substance known as slime mold shows up on mulch and lawns, but is ...

Q. Every year about this time master gardeners start getting questions, like, “What’s the stuff that looks like dog vomit all over my lawn,” or “What is this patch of gel filled marbles on my mulch,” ...

That isn’t scrambled eggs pulsating on a tree in a national park in Alaska — but it does look like it. Screenshot from Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve video on Facebook If you’re hiking in a ...