Climate change has the potential to make fungi even more hazardous to our health, according to research at Duke University. Asiya Gusa's climate change research focuses on how warming temperatures ...

Specifically, the scientists found 266 kinds of fungi and 305 types of bacteria. Based on air currents and chemical analysis, they inferred that the microbes came from an agriculturally intensive ...

The planetary emergency is a complex crisis that requires innovative solutions. We can find some of these solutions in nature. From helping us grow our food to tackling our plastic waste problem, ...

So far, entomologists have recognized about 250 different ant species in the Americas and Caribbean that farm fungi. In its most basic form, ants collect and spread fungi, defending their food ...

Innovative ants began cultivating the fungi, creating an evolutionary partnership that became even more tightly intertwined 27 million years ago and continues to this day. Share: Facebook Twitter ...

The word "fungus" may inspire visions of an unwanted growth under your nail or maybe even of a pizza topping before thoughts of a thriving ecosystem. But fungi are a remarkably diverse group of ...

Researchers have now used DNA analysis to uncover just how long ants have been farming fungi, now described in a study published Thursday in the journal Science. It turns out these insects have be ...

NKG2D is a central activating receptor know to recognise stress ligangs upregulated during cancer or infection. Here, Charpak-Amikam et al show that NKG2D also recognises fungal pathogens and ...

By Veronique Greenwood The soil beneath our feet, home to fungi, bacteria, beetles and worms, may not seem like the most jazzy environment. But if you stuck a powerful enough microphone in the ...

But insects beat us to it by millions of years. Various ant species cooperate with fungi, creating a home for them, providing them with nutrients, and harvesting them as food. This reaches the ...

fungi found growing on food waste in South Korea a violet-like flower from Thailand an indigo-bearing plant from South Africa On average, scientists name about 2,500 new species of plants and ...