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 ...

Slime molds are yellow, oozing, amoeba-like organisms often found on decaying logs and in moist areas. They have no neurons ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Yellow slime mold on mulch - Janny2/Shutterstock The same hydrogen peroxide you have stashed away in your bathroom medicine ...

Dictyostelium discoideum is a widely studied social amoeba that exhibits a remarkable transition from solitary life to a coordinated multicellular existence. Under conditions of nutrient deprivation, ...

Last week, a few days after the rain, I was walking across my yard when I noticed what looked like some sort of disease on the artemisia. I looked more closely. Could it be insect eggs? Nearby I saw ...

Cell Races: How Fast Is Your Slime Mold? Part of a global experiment in cell mobility, scientists are racing single-celled organisms like cancer cells and slime molds through microscopic mazes along ...