A Chinese researcher who smuggled a crop-killing fungus dubbed “vomitoxin” into the US has been deported, officials announced Monday. Yunqing Jian, 33, who once worked for the University of Michigan, ...

Chytrid fungus is a deadly pathogen plaguing amphibians in an ongoing global pandemic, with the potential to kill off entire populations. But in one threatened Australian frog species, the infection ...

Forget lab-grown burgers. A new genetically tweaked fungus is here, and it’s expected to shape the future of sustainable food. Researchers in China have unveiled a modified fungus that not only tastes ...

Oregon’s Malheur National Forest is a beautiful place. And it’s also home to one of the most fascinating organisms on Earth, an enormous, sprawling species of Armillaria ostoyae which has been dubbed ...

A black mosquito with white stripes and a belly full of red blood sticks its proboscis into human skin. The Asian tiger mosquito (Aedes albopictus) biting human skin. Researchers at Zhejiang ...

In experiments, researchers showed that the disease-spreading insects couldn’t resist the sweet smell of a fungus that infected and killed them. By Jason P. Dinh Watch your back, DEET. There’s a new ...

As an alternative to single-use plastic wrap and paper cup coatings, researchers in ACS’ Langmuir report a way to waterproof materials using edible fungus. Along with fibers made from wood, the fungus ...

From the forests of northeast India’s Arunachal Pradesh state, researchers have described a new-to-science species of fungus with “exceptionally large” fruiting bodies that can hold the weight of a ...

The fungus that causes the deadly white-nose syndrome in bats has been detected for the first time in Oregon. White-nose syndrome has killed millions of bats across the U.S. by disrupting their ...

Wildlife officials in Oregon and Washington have confirmed the presence of a dangerous fungus known for killing millions of bats across North America. The fungus Pseudogymnoascus, which causes a ...

Many people don't give nail health much thought until things get really messy. That tiny yellowish discolouration on your nails can turn into a crack, making your nail look really bad. The worst part?