You’ve probably beheld a bright yellow banana slug on a hike in the Santa Cruz Mountains or perhaps even in your own backyard. But now, the beautiful banana slug is officially the California ...

Named for their bright yellow color, banana slugs aren’t that different from the slugs you might try to keep out of your garden. They belong to the same family of animals, called gastropods, which ...

Slugs. They’re slimy. They’re sticky. And they make some people squirm. The largest type of slug in the United States, named for its yellow body, is the banana slug.

(LA)[ ARIOLIMAX COLUMBIANUS ] Lurking in the damp coastal forests of central and northern California is a creature that packs more teeth than a shark, smells with its body and leaves a slime trail ...

Oh, don't worry about the slug seeing Mollie. It doesn't really have eyes. The upper stalks, or horns, or antennae, whatever you want to call them, have black dots that respond to light or dark.

In a series of bills signed into law on Sept. 27, the banana slug, Dungeness crab, and black abalone join a plethora of other wildlife in representing California. This recognition brings attention … ...

Beneath the towering redwoods lives one of the most peculiar creatures in California: the banana slug. They're coated with a liquid crystal ooze that solves many problems slugs face in the forest -- ...