After getting some reassurance that Big Basin’s redwoods were going to be OK, my mind turned to the fate of an equally beloved and significantly less fire-resistant organism in the park: the banana ...

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 ...

Disclosure: This post contains affiliate links. Click here to read my affiliate policy. Slugs. An absolute menace in the vegetable garden. These pests will devour just about anything. None of our ...

You might think you’re an expert when it comes to banana slugs’ impact on popular culture. You might even think that Sammy the Slug’s cameo appearance—on John Travolta’s UCSC T-shirt in Quentin ...

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 ...