Paleontologists studying insects trapped in amber from 99 million years ago have made a remarkable discovery: an ant and a ...

What is the largest organism? Until a few years ago, Oregon's "humongous fungus" was considered the world's largest organism.

Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania have turned a deadly fungus into a potent cancer-fighting compound after ...

Scientists have found that a deadly tomb fungus called Aspergillus flavus may hold the key to promising new treatments for ...

The same deadly fungus is now being looked at as a potential cancer treatment. The therapy detailed in this new study is a ...

A 99 million-year-old amber fossil reveals a fly infected by a zombie fungus, alongside a young ant with a similar infection.

Scientists have discovered that Aspergillus flavus, a fungus linked to ancient “mummy curses,” contains compounds effective ...

In the video game The Last of Us and its spin-off HBO series, humans fight to survive against cordyceps, a parasitic fungus ...

Research suggests new generation of young ash trees showing greater resistance to ash dieback fungus than adult trees.

A study led by a global research consortium offers new hope for patients with mycetoma, a neglected tropical disease.

Parasitic fungi have been with us since at least the Cretaceous period zombifying insects according to a new study of fossils ...

Antonis Rokas, a fungal biologist at Vanderbilt University who was not affiliated with the study, calls the work a tour de ...