Fungi have a nasty reputation among humans. They can cause dangerous diseases like Cryptococcus neoformans and Candida auris among our own kind, massacre beloved fellow animals like frogs and bats and ...

Researchers are developing field tests they hope will spread the fungi to beetles in the wild using “autodissemination” ...

Climate change can lead to setbacks for food safety and public health ranging from more contaminated water to increased bacteria and fungi in animals and crops, according to academics and public ...

It's called Metarhizium, and it's a parasitic fungus that lures insects to their death with an odorous compound called ...

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Cell division is one of the most fundamental processes of life. From bacteria to blue whales, every living being on Earth relies on cell division for growth, reproduction, and species survival. Yet, ...

Scientists in Europe have identified a previously unknown species of fungus that turns cave spiders into “zombies.” The fungus lures them out of their webs before instigating an untimely death and ...

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