Mycologists cultivated fungi they found in post-wildfire landscapes to understand the evolutionary traits behind their ...

Life's capacity to survive in simulated lunar and Martian soils has been explored in two papers published in Scientific Reports. Treating simulated lunar soil with both symbiotic fungi and ...

Amazon mollies don't need a man, and never will. A new study finds they can purge and repair genetic mutations that would ...

The Amazon rainforest is often associated with jaguars, parrots, and towering trees. Yet the majority of animal life in this ...

The fungi and compost significantly improved the likelihood of reproduction of the chickpea plants, the study found.

Scientists grew chickpeas in simulated moon soil, raising the possibility that astronauts could one day grow crops on future ...

Almost everyone carries microscopic mites on their skin. They live inside pores and hair follicles, feeding on skin oils and ...

A newly named Australian tree nicknamed the “zombie tree” cannot reproduce because of a deadly fungal disease.

Are mushrooms vegetarian or non-vegetarian? The question often comes up because mushrooms are fungi, not plants. Here's the science behind mushrooms and why they are usually considered vegetarian food ...

A rare Hawaiian tree snail returns to the forest after decades of extinction in the wild, marking a key conservation milestone.

A sweeping new review of five decades of scientific literature finds robust evidence that natural selection operates simultaneously across multiple ...

Researchers at the University of New Hampshire have documented the farthest trek of a young female fisher (Pekania ...