Rather than getting hung up on identifications, columnist suggests you enjoy your fall walk by looking for the abundance and ...

The best Halloween decorations sometimes come directly from nature. Intricate spider webs, enormous pumpkins, and a fungus that might stop you dead in your tracks. Commonly called dead man’s ...

Still, this means that the mushroom-powered control units, with all their shielding and signal processing, accomplished just about what the dumbest off-the-shelf light sensor could do. But fungi ...

The city of Portland has ordered the couple to remove the diseased oak, which is a specially designated heritage tree.

Researchers have now used DNA analysis to uncover just how long ants have been farming fungi, now described in a study published Thursday in the journal Science. It turns out these insects have be ...

Herbal supplements such as turmeric and echinacea claim to help with a wide range of ailments, but their effectiveness is ...

This coexistence laid the foundation for mitochondria and thus the cells of plants, animals, and fungi. What is still poorly understood, however, is how an endosymbiosis as a lifestyle actually ...

Sterilization for Safety and Shelf Life: Retort machines play a crucial role in the food and beverage industry by sterilizing ...

Consumers choose organic produce for many reasons. One reason is to avoid most synthetic pesticides. However, just like ...

Researchers have found several promising ways to thwart the fungus, which causes the deadly white-nose syndrome in bats. Researchers have found several promising ways to thwart the fungus ...

Some online tutorials and YouTube videos recommend thinning out pumpkins’ walls to better allow candle or LED light to pass ...

Fungus gnats are small black flies, also known as sciarid flies, mushroom flies and mycetophilids. They are a very common pest, especially when plants are grown in pots of soil-free compost. In fact, ...