When we worry about fungicide residues, we often forget what those agents are meant to hold back: fungi that make their own ...

As a child, the mere glimpse of a spider used to send me screaming and running for cover. I was convinced that spiders were ...

Tiny ants could affect carbon storage in the soil and alter the global climate balance, according to scientists.

Authored by Radhika Krishnaswamy, Senior Vice President, Findability Sciences Recently, I was watching a documentary with my children about leafcutter ant colonies when my ears perked up as the ...

Fungus-growing ants of the tribe Attini have evolved a sophisticated form of agriculture in which they cultivate specialised fungal cultivars within subterranean chambers, forming what are known as ...

There are more than 14,000 species of ants known to science, though experts estimate there may be as many as 22,000 currently crawling through the undergrowth. Contrary to popular belief, these ants ...

The child's mother has been charged with six counts of second-degree cruelty to children A one-year-old child died in Douglasville, Ga. after allegedly being left alone with their five siblings with ...

Nearly four decades after the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, a black fungus is thriving on the walls of one of the most radioactive buildings on Earth, challenging scientists’ understanding of how life ...

Fungus makes up an essential part of the ecosystem, and people breathe in countless spores every day, most of them harmless. But a small group of dangerous molds can cause harm to humans, devastate ...

Mycologists cultivated fungi they found in post-wildfire landscapes to understand the evolutionary traits behind their ability to thrive in the wake of flames The fire-loving fungus Geopyxis, seen ...

An ant that can turn carbon dioxide in the air into dolomite stone in its exoskeleton may hold clues to how humans can sequester greenhouse gases to avert climate disaster. Fungus-farming ants forage ...