The Chernobyl exclusion zone may be off-limits to humans, but ever since the Unit Four reactor at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power ...

Last week, it was time for another episode of the hit HBO series “The Last Of Us.” In this take on the apocalypse, we see a post-pandemic world that’s been taken over by zombies. But these are not the ...

The 1986 catastrophe at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant devastated the area surrounding it. It left the area completely ...

A genus of fungi previously considered a parasite of fungi associated with ants may actually have much more complex ...

Mushrooms hit the headlines this year, but not for the best reasons. It's time to change that — take our quiz to see how many ...

The hit HBO series "The Last Of Us" describes a post-pandemic world devastated by a mass outbreak of a "zombie fungus" that infects and takes over the mind of its hosts. Originally a video game, the ...

A team led by researchers at Jiangnan University removed two genes from the genome of Fusarium venenatum, the fungus used in ...

Fungi growing on a tree in a wood in England. Image by © Tim Sandle. Fungi growing on a tree in a wood in England. Image by © Tim Sandle. While considerable ...

Arthrobotrys oligospora sets traps for nematodes as part of a ‘constant evolutionary arms race.’ By Laura Baisas Published Nov 21, 2023 2:00 PM EST Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 ...

On a special episode (first released on March 7, 2024) of The Excerpt podcast: Fungi are among us more than we realize. From the backs of frogs to our own backyard, fungi, a largely neglected group of ...

Fungi can transform plant and animal products into delicious foods like cheese, miso and beer. A researcher argues that a type of filamentous mold -- Neurospora intermedia -- could also turn food ...

A new study from the University of Minnesota found that several species of parasitic fungi were effective at killing emerald ...