At Duke University, two researchers are studying what happens when heat changes fungi at the most fundamental level and ...

Fungi are among the most important organisms on Earth. Even though most of the world's described 157,000 fungal species are only visible with a microscope, these organisms are essential to our ...

Fungi are neither plants nor animals. The kingdom fungi is one of the six kingdoms of life, along with plants, animals, protists, bacteria and archaea. Molds and yeasts are part of the kingdom fungi, ...

While it may be the reason behind tires skidding, pipes bursting, and closed roads making traffic a nightmare, ice doesn’t always form as easily as it seems. It often gets an assist from proteins made ...

Fungi may not seem like an obvious power source, but researchers have proven they can offer a sustainable and renewable way to generate electricity. Through a blend of microbiology, materials science, ...

Governments around the world conserve plants and animals in part by setting aside land. Whether as wilderness reserves or as ...

Before the first fishy creatures stepped onto Earth’s shores, the land had to become a hospitable place for life to thrive. It took billions of years for Earth’s surface to morph from that barren ...

When a wildfire obliterates a forest, the first life to rise from the ashes is usually a fungus - one of several species that cannot complete its life cycle in the absence of fire. Scientists have ...