Amanda Kooser covers the quirky side of science and space. Ahead of the return of the hit fungus-zombie horror series The Last of Us, scientists announced the discovery of a species of fungus that ...

A fungus named in honor of Sir David Attenborough is warping the bodies and even minds of spiders in Ireland. Researchers found that many Metellina merianae spiders across Ireland have become ...

Tim Fogg walked past the zombie spider fungus many times over the years before he learned what it actually was. As someone who explores caves for a living, Fogg would often see little globs of ...

White matter and other changes around the toenails and fingernails can occur with psoriasis or nail fungus. However, fungal infections are contagious, and psoriasis is not. The causes and ...

Upon realizing they didn’t recognize the fungus, the BBC team sent a photo of the unidentified species to study lead author Harry Evans of the Centre for Agriculture and Biosciences ...

A fungus named in honour of Sir David Attenborough has been found infecting and manipulating spiders in a Northern Ireland cave turning them into The Last of Us-style “zombies”. Researchers ...

Pea aphid (Acyrthosiphon pisum) and the fungal pathogen Phoma medicaginis severely limit alfalfa production worldwide. Methods: This study established an alfalfa (Medicago sativa)–AM fungus ...

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Do you need to peel the eggplant for an eggplant casserole? While it's fine to leave the skin on eggplant in some dishes, the texture and flavor won’t work well here, so this recipe calls for ...

In 2019, state health officials released the first-ever list of hospitals and nursing homes in New York that treated patients harboring Candida auris, the deadly drug-resistant fungus. That list ...

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, ...

Athlete’s foot is commonly associated with sports and athletes because the fungus grows perfectly in warm, moist environments, such as socks and shoes, sports equipment, and locker rooms.