“Biohybrid robots” that are part fungi and part computer convert fungal electrical signals into digital commands, a promising advance in building more sustainable robots. Mycellium from this commonly ...

Abundant worldwide, most fungi are inconspicuous because of the small size of their structures, and their cryptic lifestyles in soil or on dead matter. Fungi include symbionts of plants, animals, or ...

Rachel Feltman: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Rachel Feltman. Even if you don’t know what the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s Red List is off the top of your head, I ...

On the eastern flank of the tiny constitutional monarchy of Lesotho, about 225 kilometers from Durban, South Africa, sits the village of Ha Mokoto. Its residents are eking out a living in a manner not ...

Truffles were introduced to Australia 25 years ago, when the first host trees with T. melanosporum spores were planted there.

Combatting bacterial and viral infections is getting tougher because of their growing resistance to drugs. Antibiotic drugs can no longer be counted on to conquer nasty bacteria. Antivirals don't ...

Most fungi need only wind or water to disperse their spores. But some, including truffles, need a little help from animals. Usually, truffles and truffle-like fungi (which don’t belong to the truffle ...

An increasing number of fungi are becoming resistant to medication, posing serious risks for patients with weakened immune systems. That is why 50 researchers from around the world, led by Radboudumc, ...

Tiny organisms on the ground – bacteria and fungi – have a “superpower” that allows them to reach up into the atmosphere and pull down the rain, according to a recent study. To understand how a ...