Banana Slugs win their opener at UCSC Thanksgiving Classic ... Amanda Inserra had 17 points and 10 rebounds to help the UC Santa Cruz women’s basketball team beat Bethany of West Virginia 73 ...

Slug spread. Initial efforts from Corbett-Detig’s group to better understand the dynamics of banana slug population distribution throughout California have revealed three main groupings statewide: one ...

SANTA CRUZ — Todd Kent, the winningest coach in UC Santa Cruz women’s basketball history, has stepped down as the Banana Slugs’ coach after 13 seasons at the helm.

If Banana slugs had voice boxes, they would have had plenty to shout about during the 2011-2012 year. This year, members of the UCSC community searched distant galaxies, watched the arrival of ...

UC Santa Cruz’s Asher Kates took first in two events on Saturday, and the Banana Slugs’ men’s swim and dive team took first place with 908 points at the 2024 Slug Shootout.

A chance encounter with a banana slug on a rainy-day visit to UC Santa Cruz has inspired the plot of a brand-new children’s book dedicated to the campus mascot. Sally Slug, written by Anne Neufeld ...

Assembly Bill 1850, which would make the banana slug California's state slug, passed the assembly. Sammy the Slug, the UC Santa Cruz Mascot, was on the assembly floor advocating for the bill. "I'm ...

The banana slug also has a special place as the mascot of UC Santa Cruz. The recognition of the banana slug at the state level was “an affirmation of one of the things that makes UC Santa Cruz a ...

Assemblymember Pellerin authored AB 1850 with the goal of promoting "appreciation, education, and research of banana slugs in the state." She represents Santa Cruz, where the University of ...