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A single-celled slime mold known as the blob demonstrates problem-solving, memory, and efficiency without a brain, mirroring human-designed transit systems.

Slime molds look like simple goop, but their behavior suggests a surprising kind of problem-solving ability. Without a brain or nervous system, they can navigate obstacles, optimize routes, and adapt ...

Slime molds, which live in soil, are truly ancient animals. They arrived on land close to a billion years ago and may well have colonized continents that were then home only to films of bacteria.

Recent studies have increasingly challenged the traditional view that cognitive processes are exclusively the domain of organisms with nervous systems. Research into slime molds and other unicellular ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...