This photo shows dog vomit slime mold, which is a single-celled organism that multiplies and is completely harmless to plants, humans and pets.

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 ...

In HBO's post-apocalyptic drama "The Last of Us," human civilization has fallen in the face of a fungal takeover triggered by climate change. The show's opening credits and creature designs are ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Yellow slime mold on mulch - Janny2/Shutterstock The same hydrogen peroxide you have stashed away in your bathroom medicine ...

That isn’t scrambled eggs pulsating on a tree in a national park in Alaska — but it does look like it. Screenshot from Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve video on Facebook If you’re hiking in a ...

When you open a new bag of wood mulch, you may notice thin white threads or a powdery white coating growing in it. The same thin white threads can appear in wet mulch in your garden, especially when ...

It's weirdly alive and beautifully vibrant, but its name might have you turning pale in the face. The scientific name is Fuligo septica, but who can remember that? You can also call it by its nickname ...

Mireta wants to translate slime mold’s superpowers into algorithms that might help improve transit times, alleviate congestion, and more. It is a yellow blob with no brain, yet some researchers ...