The velvet worm is pretty cute as invertebrate predators go. A leathery rope of an animal with a fuzzy, velvet-like texture.

A new discovery about the slime ejected by velvet worms could revolutionize sustainable material design, according to a study ...

A study on velvet worm slime reveals its ability to transform from liquid to fibre and back, thanks to unique proteins. This ...

However, researchers from the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES ... and his colleagues analyzed DNA extracted from slime samples collected from hundreds of citizen ...

Aggregation in slime molds has long fascinated scientists who study the origins of multicellularity—that is, how our single-celled ancestors came together to form tissues, eventually enabling the ...

In a release on Feb. 6, the research facility offered other ways the slime could be used. "If installed in floors, it could produce clean energy when people walk on it," the Canadian Light Source ...

Moreover, a new type of computer is in the works that applies the information processing abilities of slime molds. The latest research looks into the mysteries of the evolution of life.