A “mycology thriller” imagines a hidden healing mushroom. In real life, scientists are searching far and wide to map the world’s unseen fungi.

The spiders, found within the White Father Caves under Cavan and Fermanagh, are infected with a fungus that effectively turns them into 'zombies' ...

The natural world is a finely-tuned balance of biotic (living) and abiotic (nonliving) components that shape our environments. Various biotic factors directly affect processes like population growth, ...

Roots are essential to maintaining tree health, as well as keeping them anchored during gales and storms. Here's how to keep them in good condition and under control ...

Microbiology is a biological science focused on the study of microorganisms. These are organisms that cannot be seen by the naked eye, such as bacteria, viruses, parasites, and single-celled algae and ...

A bee pollinating a flower is an example of how biotic ... and air within soil are abiotic. But soil also teems with living organisms, including bacteria, fungi and earthworms, which are biotic.

One of the main foods high in Vitamin B, mushrooms can help keep your immune system healthy with oyster and shitake taking ...

With the help of the American Truffle Co, Napa’s orchards are producing prized fungi, revolutionizing American ... her sharp nose sweeping the soil with precision. The 6-year-old Lagotto ...

When the 'wood-wide web' was first described in the journal Nature in 1997, our view of plant life took on a utopian glean.

The oldest piece of identified clothing — sandals found in southern Oregon — are older than the volcanic eruption, some 7,700 ...

Boast and a team of researchers, for example ... under CC BY 2.5 Fungi play a vital role in many ecosystems. By breaking down organic matter, they put nutrients back into the soil.

Researchers have discovered crucial new information about how microbes consume huge amounts of carbon monoxide (CO) and help reduce levels of this deadly gas.