Ants living in the soil of your plants are a problem that most people have experienced; however, these creatures do more than ...

Beavers, earthworms, prairie dogs, elephants, and more don't just live in ecosystems, they reshape them to the benefit of ...

AS I'VE written in the past, fungi are a strange bunch – neither plant nor animal, but their own separate biological kingdom.

Heating means pests breeding and spreading faster, warn scientists, with simplified current food system already vulnerable ...

Decades-old air samples once collected for military surveillance have turned out to be an accidental time capsule of climate ...

Wondering how to prevent Christmas tree mould? Keep reading for the five expert tips on how to stop mould growing on Christmas trees.

Clubmosses are not true mosses — they are the oldest group of vascular plants, which evolved 410 million years ago and ...

The microbiome not only consists of bacteria, but also of fungi. Most of them support human and animal health. However, some fungi also have pathogenic potential. For instance, the yeast Candida ...

Animals help disperse seeds and spores for many plant and fungal species. This typically happens when animals eat the fruiting bodies of plants and fungi and pass seeds and spores through their ...

Scientists cultivating partnerships of fungi and algae believe their invention has far-out implications for how we create the ...

The study reveals how Balanophora plants function despite abandoning photosynthesis and, in some species, sexual reproduction. Their plastid genomes shrank dramatically in a shared ancestor, yet the ...