Velvet worms are sensitive to air currents, so despite being almost blind they know when a good meal is within reach. To catch it, they rear up and brandish two appendages like a cowboy in a ...

Velvet worm slime exhibits a reversible transformation from liquid to fiber, inspiring sustainable material design. This transformation is enabled by a conserved protein structure, which has ...

A new discovery about the slime ejected by velvet worms could revolutionize sustainable material design, according to a study by McGill University researchers. Their findings outline how a naturally ...

Rachael is a writer and digital content producer at IFLScience with a Zoology degree from the University of Southampton, UK, and a nose for novelty animal stories. The velvet worm is pretty cute ...