The largest living thing on the planet is not a whale or any other animal you might expect. It is a giant fungus that kills anything in its path, currently taking up more than three square miles ...

Depending on your definition, the Earth features many "biggest" living things. Today we're looking at where they stack up ...

An curved arrow pointing right. The largest living thing on the planet is not a whale or any other animal you might expect. It is a giant fungus that kills anything in its path, currently taking ...

Humongous Fungus, the largest living organism in America, spanning 2240 acres and weighing 35,000 tons. Explore its ...

Have you ever wondered what the largest living organism on Earth is? Well, you might be surprised to learn that it's not a giant blue whale or a sequoia tree; it's a fungus! More specifically, it's a ...

A specific honey fungus measuring 2.4 miles (3.8 km) across in the Blue Mountains in Oregon is claimed to be the largest living organism on Earth. "The honey fungus is part of the recycling of ...

This story appears in the March 2018 issue of National Geographic magazine. Mushrooms are everywhere — on forest floors, in gardens, in networks connecting below our feet. The largest organism ...