Parasites can cause digestive issues, fatigue, skin problems, anemia, and more. Symptoms vary, often mistaken for other ...

Zombie spiders’ have invaded London after they were found hidden in a suburban home. Gareth Jenkins was working in a garden ...

UC Riverside scientists discovered how to make parasitic weeds die early using plant hormones. This method could help farmers ...

The Waltham Public Library hosted naturalist Jonathan Kranz, who led a small audience through the joys and practicalities of foraging for mushrooms in New England.

HBO has partnered with Four Sigmatic for an official limited edition The Last of Us coffee that is made with real cordyceps.

Parasitic weeds are ruthless freeloaders, stealing nutrients from crops and devastating harvests. But what if farmers could ...

Following is a transcript of the video. Narrator: What would you do if a fungus invaded your body, and started consuming you from the inside? It sounds like something out of a horror film ...

These spiked spheres enveloped by blue tendrils are pollen grains infected with parasitic fungi. Some evidence suggests that the fungus uses these pollen grains to travel to new locations and spread.

In an analysis of soil samples from twelve parks in Dublin, Ireland, park entrances were more heavily contaminated with ...

It’s not easy being green. Frogs, salamanders, and other amphibian species face extinction, due in part to a mysterious parasitic fungus. Now, two studies shed light on its spread and toll. The global ...

Nosema ceranae is a common parasitic fungus that can replicate rapidly in the digestive tract of honeybees, explains lead author Courtney MacInnis, who conducted the research as a doctoral ...