In this podcast, student journalist Taryn Pollock explains what the ophiocordyceps unilateralis fungus is and why it is commonly called the Zombie ant-virus. Taryn Pollock is a student at South ...

A new bug-themed restaurant called Aranea is to launch in Dalston today. The east London eatery will serve an eight-course ...

Four Sigmatic has been in the mushroom business for over a decade, predating the current craze, and their latest coffee with ...

Cordyceps may not be able to turn humans into zombies, but they do infect insects like ants, changing and controlling ... As for cordyceps’ affect on humans, the fungus has been used in herbal ...

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

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

An 1870 watercolor of Agaricus rubescens Fr., by Mary Elizabeth Banning, a self-taught mycologist who studied fungi in her home state of Maryland for four decades.Credit...New York State Museum ...