They can pose a threat to human health — yeast infections are but one example. Scientists say not enough attention is paid to ...

An increasing number of fungi are becoming resistant to medication, posing serious risks for patients with weakened immune ...

Amid growing evidence of fungi’s key role in ecosystems and storing carbon, African scientists are championing the need to preserve ‘funga’ as much as flora and fauna ...

The Underground Atlas, a new model of the worldwide distribution of mycorrhizal, or network-forming, fungi, shows that the ...

Tiny organisms on the ground—bacteria and fungi—have a "superpower" that allows them to reach up into the atmosphere and pull ...

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Fungi have been recorded having conversations, with a scientist finding they can communicate with a language similar to ...

For a while, scientists thought the trillions of microbes on our bodies lived in landscapes connected to the outside world — our skin, hair, and gut — but research in the last few years has shown that ...

Biologist and author Merlin Sheldrake's book, "Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures" (Random House), explores the fascinating relationships between humans ...

Biologist and Director of the Cape Horn International Center (CHIC), Ricardo Rozzi, teaches tourists and other scientists about moss, linchen and fungus at the Omora Etnobotanical Park in Puerto ...

On the eastern flank of the tiny constitutional monarchy of Lesotho, about 225 kilometers from Durban, South Africa, sits the village of Ha Mokoto. Its residents are eking out a living in a manner not ...

It’s hard to miss the headliners at Kew Gardens. The botanical collection in London is home to towering redwoods and giant Amazonian water lilies capable of holding up a small child. Each spring, its ...

It’s no secret that we rely on plants to turn carbon dioxide into oxygen. Not only does that make it possible for us to breathe, it reduces the amount of the heat-trapping greenhouse gases in the ...