A mysterious organism called "The Blob" will make its debut at the Paris Zoological Park starting Saturday, October 19. The Blob isn't an animal, plant, or fungus, but actually a slime mold. It can ...

What do you call something that’s neither a plant, nor animal, nor fungus? In this case, the answer is “The Blob” — or, seeing as it exists in Paris, France, “Le Blob,” to be exact. To survive the ...

PARIS (Reuters) - A Paris zoo showcased a mysterious new organism on Wednesday, dubbed the "blob", a yellowish unicellular small living being which looks like a fungus but acts like an animal. This ...

A brainless, bright-yellow organism that can solve mazes and heal itself is making its debut at a Paris zoo this weekend. At least so far, "the blob" is more benevolent than the ravenous star of its ...

(SOUNDBITE) (English) PETER CHANG, PACIFIC MARINE MAMMAL CENTER CEO, SAYING: "We are def worried about the blob." Pacific Marine Mammal Center CEO Peter Chang says he's concerned about the return of ...

Near a walking track in Brisbane, Australia, a group of fig trees can be found sprouting from the soil, their thick, spindly ...

Life on Earth is pretty complicated these days, but it wasn't always so. The fossil record hints at simpler times, millions of years ago, when each organism consisted of just one cell. But around 575 ...

Thousands of these gelatinous creatures get stranded on Oregon beaches, where they become a feast for seagulls and marine ...