The New Zealand velvet worm or ngāokeoke has been crowned bug of the year for 2025. The ancient gummy-looking worm, covered ...

Scientists at UC Santa Cruz have completed the first end-to-end genome of the iconic Pacific banana slug, a species ...

Hagfishes (Myxini) are sometimes referred to as slime eels and occasionally as snot snakes, but they are neither eel nor reptile. They are fishes, but belong to an exclusive group called cyclostomes, ...

This particular species was once a common sight in Tahiti ... A gland in the snail’s foot secretes a mucus that creates slime trails, which help the snail glide across and stick to surfaces.