The summer had been dry and the area experienced a drought, which wasn’t hospitable for ergot growth; the villagers soon began ingesting a new, fungus-free grain store. Other witch trials, however, ...

Researchers have found several promising ways to thwart the fungus, which causes the deadly white-nose syndrome in bats. Researchers have found several promising ways to thwart the fungus ...

The best Halloween decorations sometimes come directly from nature. Intricate spider webs, enormous pumpkins, and a fungus that might stop you dead in your tracks. Commonly called dead man’s ...

Warning: This graphic requires JavaScript. Please enable JavaScript for the best experience. A flesh-eating fungus is expanding its range in the American West – and ...

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has shared a map that showcases the worrying spread of the deadly ...

Fungus gnats are small black flies, also known as sciarid flies, mushroom flies and mycetophilids. They are a very common pest, especially when plants are grown in pots of soil-free compost. In fact, ...

“Previously the connection between a fungus and an electrical machine was done by imaging [how rapidly it was growing]. The new thing that we did was a direct connection to the mycelium and then ...

The child was being treated at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital when he or she appears to have caught the infection - a fungus called cryptococcus. The child has not been named. The fungus ...

After the injection of the E. coli bacteria, both the fungus and the bacteria continued to grow, the latter eventually so rapidly that the fungus mounted an immune response against the bacteria.

“The warm-bloodedness of mammals, including ourselves, has evolved, in part, as a response to the pressure from fungus,” says Rob Dunn, a professor at North Carolina State University.

In studies, tea tree oil used twice a day for 6 months cleared up nail fungus in around 80% of people who tried this treatment. When 5% tea tree oil was combined with antifungal cream, about 80% ...

Samantha Jenkins was studying a number of types of fungus in a research project for her company, when one of the fungi made a bid for freedom. "Imagine a jar full of grain with a kind of lump of ...