At least 198 species are at risk from deforestation, with clear-cutting of old growth forests particularly damaging, while more than 50 species are at risk of extinction due to changing fire patterns ...

New research found that pesticides harm nearly all living species — and it's raising important questions about how we grow our food.

Scientists found that plants, fungi, and microbes use venom-like methods to protect themselves, attack rivals, or survive.

Venom isn’t just a feature of some animals; it’s found across the living world, from plants and fungi to bacteria and viruses ...

Previously believed to be plant or fungi, these giant organisms may have been a now-extinct fourth type of life.

Urbanization is reshaping soil microbial communities worldwide, driving an unexpected homogenization of bacterial populations ...

The field of cosmetic and dermatological research has increasingly focused on bioactive compounds derived from marine and ...

If you're walking outdoors, chances are something remarkable is happening under your feet. Vast fungal networks are silently working to keep ecosystems alive.

In 2007, a team led by Stanford geobiologist Kevin Boyce found that carbon isotopes in the fossils resembled those of fungi — ...

Gov. Jared Polis on Monday signed HB25-1091, designating the Agaricus Julius, or Emperor mushroom, as the official state mushroom.

The emperor mushroom, Agaricus julius, was discovered in Colorado in 2016, after long being mistaken for the closely related ...