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 ...

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 ...

Picture a one celled creature navigating a complex maze quicker than some of the planet’s most powerful computers. It’s science fiction, but this is precisely the genius of a slime mold. Those stupid ...

Slime molds are slippery, nebulous beings. They're not true molds. They're not even fungi. For most of their lives, they exist as either plasmodia or amoebae, and they refuse to be held back by the ...

They look like visitors from another world. Some sprout short stalks capped with salmon-hued baubles; others collect in foamy-looking masses or sprawl in rippling yellow webs. Despite their ...

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 ...