These creatures were crawling through ancient forests long before dinosaurs roamed the Earth, surviving ice ages ... worm unleashes a jet of sticky slime from specialized nozzles near its mouth ...

The slime also helps banana slugs move—and simultaneously keep predators away. The creatures move by expanding and contracting their single foot, and the slime provides a slippery surface to ...

An curved arrow pointing right. The Atlantic Hagfish is an eel-shaped creature that releases a mass of slime when threatened. The slime is so good at holding water that scientists are now studying ...