Scientists at UC Santa Cruz have completed the first end-to-end genome of the iconic Pacific banana slug, a species synonymous with California’s coastal redwood forests and the university's beloved ...

Scientists at UC Santa Cruz have completed the first end-to-end genome of the iconic Pacific banana slug, a species synonymous with California’s coastal redwood forests and the university's beloved ...

In this era of limited air travel, my family and I have spent most of our recent months in Fairbanks. Here, we are surrounded by spruce and birch trees of the boreal forest, a swath of mosquito-laden ...

Slugs. They’re slimy. They’re sticky. And they make some people squirm. The largest type of slug in the United States, named for its yellow body, is the banana slug. Some banana slugs also have brown ...

When hiking through Russ Park, a 105-acre nature preserve about 250 miles north of San Francisco in the historic town of Ferndale, people tend to look up. The scenic trails bring visitors through a ...

A banana slug inches along a tree branch. According to Beth Chisholm, community horticultural coordinator for Washington State University’s Whatcom County Extension, slugs are decomposers, animals ...

SITKA — This town has many attractions: all that Russian heritage, Native culture, shopping and eating, art and music, scenery, and, of course, boating and hiking. On a recent visit to take in the ...

Photographer’s description: “While walking along Lake Quinault nature trails, I came across this banana slug munching on a leaf while enveloped around a tree branch. He seems to be enjoying his ...