Biologists are confronting a problem they thought they had mostly solved: what, exactly, counts as life. A wave of ...

Mumbai: Around 150 colleges across seven districts and departments affiliated with Mumbai University have launched an ...

New species are being discovered faster than ever before - at a rate of more than 16,000 every year, suggests a new study.

Chulalongkorn University, through its Corporate Communication Center, in collaboration with the Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, and a network of researchers in taxonomy and biodiversity, ...

A state-funded survey has sampled and collected fungi species from across California, identifying hundreds of new-to-science species. It’s part of a statewide effort to protect biodiversity, which has ...

A new study from the University of Minnesota found that several species of parasitic fungi were effective at killing emerald ash borer beetles, one of the most devastating forest pests to ever hit ...

A new study from the University of Minnesota found that several species of parasitic fungi were effective at killing emerald ash borer beetles, one of the most devastating forest pests to ever hit ...

Research over the years has found that a black mold, formed from a number of different fungi, has been growing toward radioactive particles, and surviving on ionizing radiation, at the Chernobyl ...

Fungi’s evolutionary roots stretch far deeper than once believed — up to 1.4 billion years ago, long before plants or animals appeared. Using advanced molecular dating and gene transfer analysis, ...

Mycorrhizal fungi, shown here with false color, have a symbiotic relationship with most plants. Credit: Oyarte-Galvez (AMOLF)/ Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 Just as the human body contains a ...

Mushrooms aren’t just for eating. In the world of foraging, mushrooms are valued for the fascinating characteristics that define each species, which sometimes contain rich colors, from purples to ...

Fungi may have shaped Earth’s landscapes long before plants appeared. By combining rare gene transfers with fossil evidence, researchers have traced fungal origins back nearly a billion years earlier ...