Banana Slugs: Secret of the Slime

Banana Slugs: Secret of the Slime     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 — and maybe some of our own.Watch the new Deep Look Video     Does California Need More National Monuments?     California environmentalists are pressing President Obama to protect thousands of square miles of federal lands from development, by making them national monuments. Radio Reports Mondays at 6:20 and 8:20am on 88.5FM KQED Public RadioListen to the Story   SPONSORED BY         New Study: Global Warming Will Bring Megadroughts to the West     Our best climate models, combined with our best climate records, foresee at least a century of profound drought in the Midwest and Southwest.Read the Post   SPONSORED BY California Academy of Sciences Journey below the ocean's surface, inside the forest floor, and high into the clouds with Habitat Earth, a new planetarium show at the California Academy of Sciences. Discover the "living networks" that connect the natural world and learn how all organisms — large and small — play a part in the web of life. Get tickets at www.calacademy.org       Engineering a Cleaner Wood-Burning Stove     Meet Vi Rapp, a research scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory who has a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering and is designing cleaner, more efficient cookstoves.Watch the Career Spotlight Video