Massospora consumes cicadas from the inside out then drives them to mate—in the process making infected males more attractive ...
Samples taken from the LNF's Cottonwood Cave tested positive for white nose syndrome. A study found the deadly fungal infection killed 90% of bats within a decade.
Bananas are the world’s most popular fruit. Americans eat nearly 27 pounds per person every year, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. A deadly fungus could destroy most of the world ...
Billions of cicadas are about to be "controlled like zombies" into spreading a strange fungus that "hijacks their bodies and behaviour", according to a report. In a development worthy of a horror ...
CLEVELAND (WJW) — An epic amount of cicadas are expected to infiltrate Ohio this spring and summer, with multiple broods ...
The Biden administration said on Friday it will provide nearly $200 million to fight the spread of avian flu among dairy cows ...
NPR's Juana Summers talks with mycologist Matt Kasson about a strange fungus that is threatening certain broods of periodical ...
A long-awaited new policy broadens the type of regulated viruses, bacteria, fungi and toxins, including those that could threaten crops and livestock.
From helping plants to colonize terrestrial earth to treating disease in humans, is there anything fungi can’t do? Chris Dart Neither plants nor animals, fungi are the most underappreciated ...
Bananas grow in a greenhouse at Elo Life Sciences, an RTP company who is developing a genetically modified banana that is resistant to a deadly fungus sweeping through much of the world’s banana crop ...
Feared as sinister creatures of the night and reservoirs for viruses, bats get a bad rap. But an emerging disease posing a severe threat to Colorado’s bats — unsung heroes of pest control that ...