Occurred on January 16, 2022 / Dohr, Germany Info from Licensor: "The invasion of a slime mold on a mushroom: a fascinating ...

Pac-Man, the open-mouthed face of the most successful arcade game ever, is much more well-known than any of the one-celled organisms called protists, at least among people over 30. But the first study ...

Sentience and the ability to learn is still largely a mystery; however, in a recent press release from CNRS, scientists noted that they have successfully proven that a single-celled organism is ...

The other day, wandering the back alleys of social media, I discovered a Facebook group to fall instantly in love with: “Slime Mold Identification & Appreciation.” Joining the group, I was amazed to ...

The forms of protists are as varied as they are ethereal, and all are invisible to the naked eye. For the past seven years, Kevin J. Carpenter has been researching and photographing some of these ...

Almost all eukaryotic organisms, from plants and animals to fungi, can't survive without mitochondria -- the 'powerhouses of the cell,' which generate chemical energy using oxygen. However, a new ...

Physarum polycephalum is the smartest slime mold you’ll ever meet. Really, though - this humble blob can solve problems and even teach its fellow slime molds to do the same. “Slime mold” is really a ...

I don’t know why, because they are plentiful earlier in the season, but a particular life form that I just found this weekend, on a cold and frosty morning with a hint of wood smoke in the air, the ...

The most common groups of soil protists behave exactly like Pac-Man: moving through the soil matrix, gobbling up bacteria according to a new article. Pac-Man, the open-mouthed face of the most ...