The Last of Us drew from a nature documentary featuring the Cordyceps fungus, which also inspired another zombie apocalypse ...

Our bodies host a variety of microorganisms, and the microbial communities in and on our bodies have to maintain the right balances among their members, or problems can arise. This includes the ...

While filming a TV documentary inside an old Victorian gunpowder store in Northern Ireland, scientists made an intriguing discovery: cave spider “zombies” that were infected by a “Last of Us”-like ...

Valley fever is an infection spread by a fungus that grows in the top few inches of soil in parts of the American West. It is ...

Fungus-coated bats are spreading deadly disease in Washington state’s San Juan Island National Historical Park, according to park officials. Three Yuma Myotis bats tested positive for the fungus that ...

Fungi are critical to human life and the planet. They recycle nutrients, helping keep our soil and plants healthy; they store ...

Fungi are vital to natural ecosystems by breaking down dead organic material and cycling it back into the environment as ...