TikTok users are rubbing banana peels on their faces to reduce wrinkles and brighten their skin. Here's what dermatologists ...

A pair of smaller, lower tentacles, protruding straight out in front of their “face” are able to feel and smell. If a banana slug loses a tentacle to a predator or accident, it’s able to ...

Scientists at UC Santa Cruz have completed the first end-to-end genome of the iconic Pacific banana slug, a species ...

Botox can be expensive. You know what isn’t? Bananas. A new beauty hack making the rounds online involves rubbing the inside of a banana peel all over your face for a few minutes to brighten and ...

This project may inform conservation policy in the face of climate change as one of the species ... Further work by their lab outlines three main populations of Pacific banana slugs throughout ...

UC Santa Cruz researchers have published the first complete genome of a banana slug, the school's beloved mascot. (photo by Nick Gonzales) Researchers gathered data from banana slugs throughout the ...