Slime memory Brainless slime moulds leave a gooey trail behind them to remember where they've been, new research has found. The findings suggest early life forms developed such externalised spatial ...

German customs officials say a trail of slime led them to a stash of almost 100 giant African land snails and other items hidden inside bags at Duesseldorf Airport this month. In a statement Friday, ...

Despite not having brains, slime molds are able to remember where they’ve been. They avoid oozing back over paths that didn’t lead them to food by detecting “memories” in the trails of slime they ...

A seaside snail crawling along the gooey streak left by another snail is saving a lot of energy, say researchers, because it doesn’t have to ooze so much slime itself. “It’s much, much more expensive ...

It seems that everywhere it goes, Myxococcus-- a ubiquitous soil bacterium -- leaves a trail of mucus slime behind it. Due to the wave nature of light, these trails are far too small to be seen with a ...

(Phys.org)—Biology researchers from the University of Sydney, working with colleagues from Paul Sabatier Université in Toulouse have found that the brainless slime mold Physarum polycephalum, is able ...

German customs officials say a trail of slime led them to a stash of almost 100 giant African land snails and other items hidden inside bags at Duesseldorf Airport this month. In a statement Friday, ...

Slime moulds use a form of spatial "memory" to navigate, despite not having a brain, a study has found. Scientists in Australia studied the organisms in an experiment normally used to test robots.