Not a day goes by that I do not think of the wonder and almost spiritual brilliance of mushrooms and other fungi, because I am an ant and an invasive fungus has taken control of my brain. For the rest ...

Meet the charismatic slime mold Physarum—which can learn, make decisions, and go through mazes without a brain—and the researchers studying it.

A brainless, bright-yellow organism that can solve mazes and heal itself is making its debut at a Paris zoo this weekend. At least so far, “the blob” is more benevolent than the ravenous star of its ...

Slime molds are yellow, oozing, amoeba-like organisms often found on decaying logs and in moist areas. They have no neurons ...

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Sloomoo Institute Atlanta is exploring the weird and wonderful world of slime mold through its latest exhibit, "LooMoosh's Magnificent Mold." Slime molds are primitive organisms often found in damp ...

It thinks, it moves, it's nigh indestructible. It's 'The Blob!' No, no, this isn't referring to the 1958 horror movie. This is the real thing. Formally known as Physarum polycephalum, this ...