A new kind of “biohybrid” robot moves in response to signals from the nervous system of a fungus. Now, scientists at Cornell University have developed a new biohybrid robot that uses ...

Neurospora intermedia, an orange fungus cultivated from the discards of soy milk production, has been used for centuries to make oncom, a traditional food in Java, Indonesia. Vayu Hill-Maini at ...

Henrik De Fine Licht has been researching this very special fungus for years, a fly fungus—Entomophthora muscae—that takes over the behavior of flies before killing them. Most recently, he and ...

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

Chris Kola, *** field researcher working in the Peruvian Amazon posted this video after he stumbled upon *** deceased tarantula that appeared to have been infected and killed by *** fungus called ...

Angela Nelson is a Pulitzer Prize-winning digital editor and storyteller who covered a variety of general interest stories on MNN (now part of Treehugger) from 2014-2019. The fungi kingdom is ...

The researchers isolated genes within the fungus that may be contributing to the disease's deadliness. Even with an avenue for controlling the disease, crop diversity could further reduce the ...

“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.

Enter Neurospora intermedia, an orange-colored fungus that thrives when grown on food waste products such as soybean pulp and coffee grounds. By using it to ferment by-products that might ...

Fungus is attracted to moisture, so areas of our bodies that tend to be a little damp are especially susceptible to fungus growth. Generally, our body’s microbiome takes care of it, but when ...

I’ve been writing about video games, television and movies for Forbes for over 10 years, and you may have seen my reviews on Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic. I cover all manner of console and PC ...

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 ...