The banana slug is often bright yellow, though it can be brown, white, and green. Like all slugs, banana slugs use four tentacles to sense their environment. A pair of upper tentacles, protruding ...

UC Santa Cruz genomics experts gained new insights into the campus's endearingly eccentric mascot — and overcame the unique ...

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 ...