While shooting a documentary at Castle Espie in Northern Ireland in 2021, a film crew came across a dead spider covered in a ...

Though no one may be around to hear when a tree falls in the forest, countless critters take note. Dormant fungi within the ...

Researchers report on the influence of an endophytic fungus of the genus Cladosporium on the defense of black poplars against herbivorous insects. The fungus, which lives inside the leaves, not only ...

In a new study published in Ecology Letters, researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology and the ...

Scientists discover a new parasitic fungus, Gibellula attenboroughii, in Ireland that turns spiders into 'zombies' before their demise.

The intriguing symbiotic relationship between tarantulas and small frogs exhibits mutual benefits, with frogs providing pest ...

Who doesn’t love some fresh seasonal fruit? These flies sure do. It’s right in their name, after all. While they can find ...

That is my opinion. Eating beef or lamb that has been fed a fungus is a disgusting idea. I am not interested. If they make this idiotic stuff law, I will start eating my current egg-laying chickens ...

Scientists have discovered a fungus that turns spiders into “zombies,” luring the arachnids out of their lairs before killing ...

“We know very well the ants, the wasps ... The authors also noted the presence of mycoparasites observed eating the zombie spider fungus, “demonstrating that these spiders are important ...

And they hope that the fungi could help degrade plastics in the marine environment. “Fungi possess a superpower for eating things that other organisms can’t digest (like wood or chitin), so we tested ...