Many species of fungus across the world produce psilocybin, a chemical with psychedelic effects in humans, but its evolutionary purpose may be to deter mushroom-munching insects ...

Giant mystery fossil reveals secrets of whole new form of life that no longer exists - Prototaxites belonged to an ‘entirely ...

Lichens have no roots, no waxy leaves and no way to filter what they absorb. Everything they take in comes directly from the ...

The CDC is tracking a dangerous, deadly fungus labeled as a “super bug.” Data from a recent state report reveals infections ...

Dozens of people have been sickened, and one has died, from a surge in cases of histoplasmosis, a respiratory illness caused ...

Dollarama shoppers can get a refund for a popular toy that's part of a massive recall across Canada. On Jan. 20, Dollarama issued a recall for ...

Long before forests of tall trees covered the planet, Earth was ruled by something stranger: towering, trunk like organisms ...

A deadly, drug-resistant fungus already spreading rapidly through U.S. hospitals is becoming even more threatening worldwide ...

A rare but potentially deadly fungal infection known as histoplasmosis is sickening a cluster of people in Tennessee.

Researchers studying exquisitely preserved Scottish fossils say Prototaxites represents an entirely extinct eukaryotic lineage - a “new form of life” in the sense that it does not fit into known major ...

One of the scientists behind a new breakthrough paper on the organisms said they "are life, but not as we now know it".

For 450 million years, plants and soil fungi have been trading partners. The fungi weave through plant roots, delivering ...