A cotton bollworm caterpillar. (Gyorgy Csoka/Hungary Forest Research Institute/Bugwood.org, CC BY 3.0 US) Polystyrene ...

DNA analysis revealed the same fungus in both parasitized insects and surrounding mosses, according to a paper published in ...

Cases of Candida auris, a fungus found in healthcare facilities, are rising rapidly this year, the US Centers for Disease ...

A new study has succeeded in mapping, on a global scale, the fungal network that supports plant life and helps regulate our planet’s climate.

"Soil life is not a detail of biology. It is the foundation of everything." ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Fungi may have been Earth’s first ecosystem engineers, thriving more than a billion years ago. (CREDIT: Shutterstock) Fungi live ...

Researchers have created a textile made from the parasitic fungus Cordyceps militaris, which is biodegradable and can be ...

“The discovery opens a window into a world that is dark, ancient and almost entirely hidden—but is far from lifeless,” ...

Symbioses between plants and fungi are essential for most plants. Fungal structures known as mycorrhizae extend the area from ...

The idea of having living fungi cover your body might not be the most appealing thing in the world. But what if it was part ...

Her illustrations remain beautiful works of art, but they also show how the best natural history drawings make us notice ...

Wow, that’s one old fungus. A team of scientists have discovered the oldest evidence of fungi ever, dating back a billion years. The fungus was identified in the form of microscopic fossils embedded ...