Imagine a caterpillar with soft, fancy, velvety skin; that’s what a velvet worm looks like. However, unlike most caterpillars ...

enables the slime's transformation from liquid to fiber and back again. It's a discovery that could inspire next-generation recyclable bioplastics. "Nature has already figured out a way to make ...

When you pull slowly, your slime will stretch. However if you pull quickly it will break. Slime will slowly flow making it seem like a liquid, but it can also bounce which makes it seem a bit like a ...

Their findings outline how a naturally occurring protein structure, conserved across species from Australia, Singapore and Barbados over nearly 400 million years of evolution, enables the slime's ...