In "The Last of Us," cordyceps — a real fungus that infects insects — evolves into a harmful pathogen for humans due to a ...

California scientists have determined that dogs might be able to help predict the spread of a dangerous fungus, which has ...

Fungi adapt to heat, spread through spores, and may cause more fungal infections in a warmer, crowded, connected world.

Researchers from the Munich Tropical Institute, the Tanzanian NIMR-MMRC, DZIF, together with colleagues from Bonn, have ...

In a world where information travels far faster than infections, it is more important than ever to think critically about ...

In a study of the immune systems of mice, scientists at Johns Hopkins Medicine say they have found a new role for a protein, ...

Researchers are studying why the energy factories are moving between cells and whether the process can be harnessed to treat ...

Young plants that resist disease grow fewer flowers later, limiting their reproduction. Adult plants resist disease without this cost.

Once considered obscure or opportunistic, invasive fungal infections are now surfacing with alarming frequency - and in ...

"It's a mystery why young organisms don't evolve stronger disease resistance because getting sick early in life can be deadly," said study co-author Emily Bruns, an assistant professor of biology at ...

“Your blood count is dangerously low,” the doctor said over the phone. “I’m sending an ambulance to take you to the hospital ...

Evolution is nature's engine, driving and shaping genetic change and the diversity around us. Charles Darwin famously unveiled this process through his theory of natural selection, revealing how ...