Has your heart ached on seeing your plant covered in that white substance? Or have you had an experience where your plant ...

Amanda Kooser covers the quirky side of science and space. Ahead of the return of the hit fungus-zombie horror series The Last of Us, scientists announced the discovery of a species of fungus that ...

A fungus named in honor of Sir David Attenborough is warping the bodies and even minds of spiders in Ireland. Researchers found that many Metellina merianae spiders across Ireland have become ...

In the remote Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, a rare fungus grows inside dead caterpillars. In traditional Chinese medicine, this parasitic fungus is prized for its purported medicinal effects.

This awakening to what fungi can do,” says local micological enthusiast Darren Racussen. “It will reshape food, materials, ...

The new fungus Gibellula attenboroughii on the orb-weaving cave spider. Credit: CABI Scientists identified a new fungus, Gibellula attenboroughii, infecting cave spiders in Ireland. The fungus ...

This behaviour mirrors the actions of Brazilian rainforest ants infected by the cordyceps fungi, which is featured in the post-apocalyptic TV series The Last of US. A 2016 study provided the first ...

This species is particularly susceptible to the deadly chytrid fungus, currently impacting ... You can watch A Leap of Hope on YouTube. Laura is a science news writer, covering a wide variety ...

A new fungus in Ireland manipulates and kills cave spiders. Gibellula attenboroughii forces spiders out before killing them. Scientists believe it may have medicinal potential.

I quit my high-paying job to teach our kids at home. I never wanted to homeschool and hated it until we started traveling and ...

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