An international research team has described a newly discovered algae species Streptofilum arcticum and its cell functions ...

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The new fungus species Gibellula attenboroughii forces reclusive cave spiders to exposed areas, likely to benefit spore dispersal.

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A recent study presents a new way to understand life by describing it as a cascade of machines producing machines, spanning ...

While filming a TV documentary inside an old Victorian gunpowder store in Northern Ireland, scientists made an intriguing ...

A new fungus, Gibellula attenboroughii, was discovered on spiders in Irish caves. It changes their behavior, similar to ...

Deep within the remote canyons of Wollemi National Park, scientists uncovered a living fossil—a prehistoric tree once ...

DNA analysis reveals the big, flightless moa birds ate — and pooped out — 13 kinds of fungi, including ones crucial for New Zealand’s forest ecosystem.

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Foraging for mushrooms can be scary, so Food & Wine sent literary Brat Pack legend Tama Janowitz to comb the forest floors of McCall, Idaho, with a mushroom foraging expert. She learned how to forage ...

The truffles — a type of fungi found across the globe and revered as rare culinary delicacies — have since been studied ...