Kerala rubber plantations face threat from ambrosia beetles and fungi, causing tree damage and economic losses.

New research from the University of Pittsburgh reveals how the immune system defends against intestinal parasitic worms, or helminths, one of the most common infections worldwide in communities with ...

New research from the University of Pittsburgh reveals how the immune system defends against intestinal parasitic worms, or ...

The fungus Entomophthora muscae turns flies into zombies and kills them at sunset. An internal kill clock may explain the mysterious timing.

The golden oyster mushroom, a tasty species native to Asia, has proliferated in states around the Great Lakes and may crowd ...

Fungal-plant interactions are central to life on land, shaping how ecosystems function by affecting nutrient cycles, plant growth, and disease. These ...

Scientists have discovered two new species of ancient parasitic fungi preserved in amber dating back 99 million years.

Zombie fungi were already controlling insects 100 million years ago, according to a recent study of fossils trapped in ...

The cordyceps species in "The Last of Us," Ophiocordyceps unilateralis, is real and does exactly what the show purports —just ...

Fungi are increasingly resistant to antifungals, and the variation in resistance has significantly increased. This is evident from the analysis of more than 12,000 lung samples collected over 30 years ...

Scientists have identified a new class of compounds capable of partially clearing the tropical parasite that causes Chagas ...