They can pose a threat to human health — yeast infections are but one example. Scientists say not enough attention is paid to ...

Amid growing evidence of fungi’s key role in ecosystems and storing carbon, African scientists are championing the need to preserve ‘funga’ as much as flora and fauna ...

Tiny organisms on the ground—bacteria and fungi—have a "superpower" that allows them to reach up into the atmosphere and pull ...

An increasing number of fungi are becoming resistant to medication, posing serious risks for patients with weakened immune ...

The Underground Atlas, a new model of the worldwide distribution of mycorrhizal, or network-forming, fungi, shows that the fungi in these and other places need protection. Created by researchers at ...

Asiya Gusa’s unconventional career path eventually led her to Cryptococcus, exploring how stress adaptation might make this ...

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Fungi have been recorded having conversations, with a scientist finding they can communicate with a language similar to ...

For a while, scientists thought the trillions of microbes on our bodies lived in landscapes connected to the outside world — our skin, hair, and gut — but research in the last few years has shown that ...

The British biologist Merlin Sheldrake, this year’s featured author for The Humanities Institute’s (THI) seventh annual Deep ...

Beneath your feet and in your body, fungi are creative agents of change and connection. At the fourth annual Texas Mushroom Conference on Sunday, April 19, mycologists and researchers in biology, ...

Wow, that’s one old fungus. A team of scientists have discovered the oldest evidence of fungi ever, dating back a billion years. The fungus was identified in the form of microscopic fossils embedded ...

Fried-mushroom sandwiches, loaded mac and cheese and “Kentucky Fried Vegan” bowls with mashed potatoes are on the menu at ...