For scientists, classifying slime molds has proved to be as slippery as their namesake. Though they have been labeled plants, fungi and even animals in the past, the protists coat wet and ...

Biologists currently classify slime molds as protists, a taxonomic group reserved for "everything we don't really understand," says Chris Reid of the University of Sydney. Something scientists ...

Once considered part of the fungal kingdom, slime molds have slithered into the realm of Protista, which is kind of a kingdom of convenience—the group includes any eukaryotic organism (read ...

as slime molds like the blob aren't fungi like the stuff you (should) regularly scrub off your shower tiles. Instead, it's considered a protist, part of a kingdom of misfit lifeforms that are ...

Both of these are types of slime mold. Slime molds are not a true fungus. They belong to the kingdom Protista and exist in nature as unstructured blobs. They feed on the bacteria that are working ...

Have you ever noticed something bright yellow or orange on your bark mulch after a rain? You may notice that this blob actually has moved across the mulch over the course of a few days. This is a ...

The protist under study is the Physarum polycephalum, or more commonly known as slime mold. This organism is already known to be able to solve mazes, avoid traps, and even streamline nutrition for ...

One of my biology textbooks has a great section titled, “Slime molds are fungus-like protists,” an excellent example of how confusing it can be when we try to lump some of the weird life forms ...