Sunday in that bleak pandemic summer of 2020, the air near central California’s Big Basin Redwoods State Park felt muggy, almost tropical. Weird, thought naturalist Christian ...

In a discovery three decades in the making, scientists at Rutgers and Brookhaven National Laboratory have acquired detailed ...

Aspergillus fungi are expanding towards the poles due to rising global temperatures * 1.98 billion people currently live in ...

Calling all naturalists and nature lovers! The Riverfront Parks Committee is hosting an inaugural BioBlitz Friday and ...

I hiked one of the most popular trails in our area, Shrine Ridge. I was in it for the views, but more than that, I was eager to see the thing everyone ...

Groundbreaking research suggests fungi may communicate using electrical signals, resembling a language with up to 50 'words.' ...

Scientists have uncovered a critical role for rapid DNA repair in maintaining genome stability. A new study reveals that ...

A new study from Uganda's Budongo Forest draws on decades of data suggesting chimps understand the specific medicinal ...

A new study tracks the proliferation of fungal pathogens among various climate change scenarios—and it’s not good news.

For generations, farmers, fisherfolk, and forest-dwellers have relied on animal behaviour and plant cycles to predict when the rains will arrive. These methods, passed down through oral traditions, ...

Stevenson’s work focuses on mycoremediation, a technique that uses fungi to rehabilitate polluted land. Mycoremediation ...