Scientists found that a fungus called Escovopsis living in ant nests has a long and surprising history. New research shows a ...

Regina Barber and Emily Kwong of NPR's Short Wave discuss an Earth-sized exoplanet, how ant colonies deal with disease and a possible link between volcanoes and the Black Death.

Some deadly mushrooms are easy to mistake for their tasty counterparts, resulting in several serious illnesses and one death ...

Beneath the Earth’s surface lies a world so extreme and isolated that it seems more like an alien planet than part of our own. Veryovkina Cave, the deepest known cave on Earth, plunges a staggering ...

Australia is home to more than 1,800 orchid species—many found nowhere else. But these unique plants face growing threats.

Scientists found a new species of fairy plant in Malaysia, Thismia selangorensis, that is already critically endangered.

This tiny critter is basically almost indestructible. The post Scientists Impressed by “Fire Amoeba” That Can Survive ...

It's called Metarhizium, and it's a parasitic fungus that lures insects to their death with an odorous compound called ...

Mycorrhizal fungi grow on and around plant roots and form a symbiotic relationship with plants, transporting nutrients and ...

Research has found a black mold has been growing toward and surviving on the ionizing radiation at the Chernobyl nuclear ...

"Whatever creature made these magnetofossils, we now know it was most likely capable of accurate navigation." Animals like birds and sea turtles navigate using a "biological GPS" called ...

In experiments, researchers showed that the disease-spreading insects couldn’t resist the sweet smell of a fungus that infected and killed them. By Jason P. Dinh Watch your back, DEET. There’s a new ...