Scientists have developed two powerful molecular tools that reveal how plants and fungi coordinate one of Earth’s oldest biological partnerships.

Endosymbiotic organisms have to live inside of another to survive, and this relationship often provides benefits for both the host and its resident. It may seem unusual, but complex cells are thought ...

While water lilies are perhaps most famous for starring in French impressionist artist Claude Monet’s work, they may also have a molecular secret weapon that could help in our ongoing fight against ...

Plants are constantly on guard. Their roots are equipped with molecular alarm systems that detect invading microbes and trigger immune responses. Yet beneficial soil fungi routinely enter living root ...

We’re very clear by now that some of the things our species choose to eat are highly intelligent. Pigs, for example, are as smart as your dog – and just as playful, loving, and loyal too. Then there’s ...

Whether they’re hacking the brains of bugs or mining gold, fungi are craftier than we give them credit for. Now researchers in Japan have studied how forest mushrooms communicate with each other, and ...

Our bodies are home to millions of fungi that, for the most part, are completely harmless. However, they can sometimes change ...

Mosquitoes spread many deadly diseases, including malaria, and scientists have long been searching for ways to treat or stop such diseases. However, preventing mosquito bites is still the best way to ...

The pale pink, fairy club fungus was found during a waxcap watch survey in Somerset during autumn last year. The post Rare species of pink fungus discovered in UK for first time appeared first on ...

The idea of music boosting plant growth has been around for many years, but a new study has found that monotonous noise stimulates a type of fungus that improves the growth of plants. In a paper in ...

These golden strands look as if they could be the “amber waves of grain” extolled in the song “America the Beautiful.” But they’re actually spore-producing filaments, growing from a tangle of fibers ...