We have a container in our touch tank at Hampton Beach with some small and very fragile animals that we ask the visitors to observe only. It contains nudibranchs (sea slugs), a tiny sea anemone, glass ...

Stromatolites ruled the fossil record for 2 billion years. The squishy, sticky mounds of communal-living microbes dominated shallow-water environments everywhere on Earth during life's early days.

The Slime Olympics: Good family fun, just so long as you stand back about 30 feet to watch. Each fall, incoming McMurry University freshmen hold this squishy, sticky and somewhat-icky competition on ...