Velvet worms like this one “sneeze” out a sticky goo with intriguing properties. The velvet worm, a squishy little predator that looks like the stretch-limo version of a caterpillar, has a whimsical ...

A peculiar predator skulks across the forest floor. It’s dreadfully slow, but the cover of darkness — and leaf litter — keeps it hidden. It glides along dozens of stumpy legs, but it’s no centipede: ...

Over the 500 million years that the velvet worm has existed, it's learned a few tricks. Most impressively: Velvet worms can shoot strings of goo Spiderman-like from their mouths to entangle their prey ...

Velvet worms are delightfully idiosyncratic animals. They are so cially complex, anatomically unique, and incredibly ancient, with evolutionary roots dating back well over 500 million years. But as if ...

Researchers discovered a rare kind of protein modification in the slime of velvet worms, a finding that could one day help scientists make plastics and glues more recyclable. Velvet worms shoot sticky ...

A new species of velvet worm, Peripatopsis barnardi, represents the first ever species from the arid Karoo, which indicates that the area was likely historically more forested than at present. In the ...

Using nozzle-like extensions on the side of its head, a tropical velvet worm shoots streams of sticky slime when hunting or defending itself. Within the fluid are “nanoglobules,” tiny balls made of ...

In the tropical, temperate forests it calls home, the velvet worm uses a projectile "slime" to capture its prey. When it's ejected from the worm, the slime transforms into a gel before solidifying ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Onychophora, velvet worm perched on a green leaf, its dark brown color can be seen, with a strip of dark spots on the back of the ...

Onychophora, velvet worm perched on a green leaf, its dark brown color can be seen, with a strip of dark spots on the back of the body, as well as the legs with white ...