Scientists have found a "tipping point" in the evolution of fungi that throttles their growth and sculpts their shapes. The ...

Zombie horror series The Last of Us might feel a little more real after you learn about a fungus that infects cave spiders ...

Chris Dart Neither plants nor animals, fungi are the most underappreciated kingdom of the natural world. During a billion years of evolution, they’ve become masters of survival. And yet ...

By using fungi and bacteria as model organisms, the study sheds new light on the evolution of these delicate relationships, offering a glimpse into the ancient processes that led to the development of ...

The work could help us better understand the evolution of sexual reproduction as well as showcases the increasing power of genome sequencing. While scientists have long suspected that certain species ...

The spiders, which are most commonly known to hide themselves away, begin to act irregularly when they contract the fungus.

These studies support the hypothesis that aphelids are closely related to fungi, providing insights into the early evolution of the fungal lineage. The genomic analysis of aphelids revealed ...

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 newly discovered fungus that turns spiders into “zombies” has been found in caves across Northern Ireland and the Republic ...

Researchers have found a new species of fungi that infects spiders turning them into 'zombies' in Ireland and Northern ...