Scientists have caught ancient parasitic fungi in the act of bursting from insect hosts, in dramatic scenes frozen in amber.

The study, led by Zhuang, used 3D scans and microscopes to analyse the fossils. Zhuang said the find is rare and helps us ...

A fatal fungus once thought to be a curse could potentially help fight disease. Scientists discovered molecules in a fungus linked to Tutankhamun's tomb that stop the proliferation of cancer cells and ...

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

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

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

The deadly fungus credited with killing the archaeologists that opened the tomb of King Tut might become a treatment for ...

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

Ash trees are evolving resistance to a fungus which has decimated the species in recent years, a new study shows.

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

It has been confirmed that three bats at Rocky Mountain National Park were infected with a fungal disease known as white-nose ...

Park officials at Rock Mountain National Park have confirmed the first case of White Nose Syndrome in a bat in Grand County, ...