Cancer is one of the causes responsible for the most deaths worldwide. In 2020, for example, it resulted in ten million deaths. It has been estimated that microorganism infections caused between 13 ...

Exterminators keep getting calls for a reason. Wood-devouring insects, such as beetles, termites, and carpenter ants, are constantly chewing through walls or infecting trees and breaking them down.

LUCAS COUNTY, Ohio — People in northwest Ohio may remember attempts to stop the spread of the Emerald Ash Borer in the early 2000s when Ash trees across the region were cut down. Most are familiar ...

Cereals have natural resistance to pathogenic fungi, but powdery mildew, for example, can overcome this resistance. A team at the University of Zurich has now discovered a new mechanism that enables ...

A deadly fungus is spreading across the U.S., with researchers reporting that it carries a high level of resistance to convential treatments. Candida auris, a species of fungus first identified in ...

Spruce bark is rich in phenolic compounds that protect trees from pathogenic fungi. A research team at the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology in Jena has investigated how these plant defenses ...

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, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. This microscopic, parasitic fungus evolved to hijack ants’ ...

Do you wage a constant war against mold and mildew in your home, especially in your bathroom? You’re not alone. Millions of people fight this scourge, and businesses have tried to develop all sorts of ...

Below, you’ll find The Escapist’s full, spoiler-free review of Lone Fungus: Melody of Spores, including everything from the story and the world-building to the platforming style and charming aesthetic ...

The Lexington Police Department has identified the suspect in the Boxwood Drive shooting on Monday that left one person injured. Police identified the shooting suspect as 39-year-old Leonard Slaughter ...