This awakening to what fungi can do,” says local micological enthusiast Darren Racussen. “It will reshape food, materials, science, spirituality, our relationship with nature and each other — it is ...

ZOMBIE spiders’ have been found at an Irish beauty spot – and experts reckon there could be more around the country. The rare ...

London Zoo after an urgent rescue mission to save a species from the brink of extinction. In October last year, researchers ...

This week, explore what lurks in asteroid dust, marvel at the world’s largest beaded burial, discover an elusive creature ...

Clever uses for coffee grounds. W ondering if you can give all those used coffee grounds another purpose after making a fresh ...

DNA analysis reveals the big, flightless moa birds ate — and pooped out — 13 kinds of fungi, including ones crucial for New Zealand’s forest ecosystem.

A new fungus, Gibellula attenboroughii, was discovered on spiders in Irish caves. It changes their behavior, similar to ...

Scientists identified a new fungus, Gibellula attenboroughii, infecting cave spiders in Ireland. The fungus manipulates ...

A new zombie pathogen has been discovered in Ireland. This insidious fungus infects cave spiders and alters their behavior to ...

A “mycology thriller” imagines a hidden healing mushroom. In real life, scientists are searching far and wide to map the world’s unseen fungi.

Dec. 3, 2024 — An analysis of fungi collected from peat bogs has identified several species that produce substances toxic to the bacterium that causes the human disease tuberculosis. The ...