Slime mould

It isn’t easy being a loner — but in the slime mold world, natural selection could favor it. Populations wouldn’t survive without those who depart from the herd.

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‘Slime Mould’ will be the subject at the next Friends of the Box-Ironbark Forests meeting on July 27th. The guest speaker at this year’s FOBIF Annual General Meeting will be the Tasmani…

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I had the pleasure of interviewing Dr. Audrey Dussutour and learning about her work with slime molds aka “le blob.” Learn more in this Joyful Microbe blog post.

Tasty to the eye, but not to the mouth.

Network-engineering problems can be solved by surprisingly simple creatures

Slime moulds aren't well known, but they can be found everywhere, even in Antarctica. Here's a close-up look at these magical, colourful and tiny little creatures.

How do you make something called a “slime mold” sound even more disgusting? Call it “dog vomit slime mold.”It looks more or less like you’d expect, at…

These slime mold sporangia (Hemitrichia calyculata?) were popping up atop a well-rotted pine log along the Island Creek Trail, Croatan National Forest. Height about 2.5 mm.