Despite being one of the most abundant organisms on the planet, fungi remain incredibly misunderstood. Remarkably adaptable and quick to thrive in new environments, pathogenic fungi are on the rise, ...

The summer is always a little brighter in the garden when brightly colored zinnias are among the various plants. Zinnias are ...

Even in their natural state, some asperigimycins killed leukemia cells in lab tests. But the researchers went further. By ...

Red thread is a fungus that attacks cool-season grasses, typically due to a lack of nitrogen or other poor growing conditions ...

She says she complained to apartment management repeatedly about mold. Then her 8-month-old niece was rushed to Texas ...

The original game, The Last of Us (2013), follows Joel and Ellie on a perilous road journey across a devastated America, with ...

When Entomophaga grylli infects locusts or grasshoppers, they climb to the tops of plants before their death. The zombie-ant ...

FOX 13 Meteorologist Dave Osterberg explains how the fungus that may have caused King Tut’s Curse may hold the key to new ...

Scientists discovered a cancer-fighting compound in mold from ancient tombs, revealing a powerful new drug against leukemia.

An ant and fly from the Cretaceous period offer insights into the history of Ophiocordyceps, the fungal parasite made popular ...

Long before humans walked the Earth, while dinosaurs were still roaming the land, a parasitic fungus hijacked the mind of a ...

The mystery deepened in the 1970s when a team of scientists entered the tomb of Polish king Casimir IV. Within weeks, 10 out ...