An insidious disease has eliminated dozens of the world’s frog species. Scientists fear a similar plague could be coming for ...

Due to globalization, an aquatic fungus threatens to decimate an increasing number of amphibian species across the world.

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 ...

A newly discovered species of spider in the Ecuadorean Amazon mimics a pathogen, known as a zombie fungus, to protect itself.

Fungi create soil, sequester vast amounts of carbon, and contribute $55 trillion to the global economy, but knowledge about them is scarce. Now, mycologists are pushing to get the international ...

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, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Fungi may have been Earth’s first ecosystem engineers, thriving more than a billion years ago. (CREDIT: Shutterstock) Fungi live ...

University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau provides funding as a member of The Conversation NZ. Adelaide University provides funding as a member of The Conversation AU. Most fungi need only wind or ...