With the first tropical storm of hurricane season under our belts, I was thinking about animals that might truly enjoy the rainy, quasi-tropical weather that a large storm brings. Naturally, I thought ...

Inspired by slug slime, scientists have developed a flexible adhesive that sticks to wet surfaces. This stretchy glue can be attached to a beating, bleeding heart and could someday replace stitches in ...

Even for the most ardent nature fan, it is all too easy to overlook slugs. Not only are they small, on the ground, and well, sluggish, they also don’t tend to please the average gardener. They eat ...

TAKE A LOOK. MIKE: DOCTORS HAVE BEEN STITCHING UP WOUNDS FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS, MOST RECENTLY, STAPLES AND SOME GLUES HAVE BEEN USED TO CLOSE WOUNDS. >> THERE HAVE BEEN OTHER GREAT ADHESIVE ...

The adhesive, described today (July 27) in a new study in the journal Science, sticks to wet surfaces, including the surface of a beating heart. It isn't toxic to cells, which gives it an advantage ...

Scientists searching for a better surgical glue have hit on what might seem like an unlikely source: a small slug whose sticky slime keeps it safe from would-be snackers. The new glue is stickier and ...

The European slug is average in every way: slimy, brownish, shorter than a credit card. But Arion subfuscus has a minor superpower: When it's scared, it can glue itself to wet surfaces very well, and ...