Scientists created the first-ever map of this vast underground fungal network and found it could stretch to the sun and back more than a billion times. This simulation depicts an underground fungal ...

The "gut microbiome" has become a popular health term in recent years. It's easy to see why, with an abundance of research showing how important the trillions of microbes living in our gut are for ...

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In Telford's Exotic Zoo, life found a way. A casque-headed iguana has given birth to eight babies at the Shropshire wildlife park – without any contact with a male, via a phenomenon called ...

Genomes contain the complete library of information required to build and maintain a living organism — the figurative blueprints of life. In eukaryotes, genomes are stored in the nuclei, where they ...

Scientists made the first detailed global maps of mycorrhizal fungal networks by analyzing DNA from 25,000 soil samples worldwide, showing where these fungi that partner with most plants are most ...

Nearly 100 million years ago, a droplet of tree resin captured a gruesome scene: a fungus bursting out of the body of an ant pupa. This amber fossil suggests that the fungus famous for its ability to ...

In the debate over human origins and the nature of sexual reproduction, religious and scientific perspectives often diverge. The Bible claims man came first, with women derived from man’s rib. Yet, ...

For as long as plants have lived on land, fungi have sustained them. Beneath every giant sequoia, every wheat stalk, every black-eyed Susan, hidden webs of filigreed mycelia permeate the plants’ roots ...

Fungi are among the most important organisms on Earth. Even though most of the world’s described 157,000 fungal species are only visible with a microscope, these organisms are essential to our ...

The Tyrannosaurus at Spain’s Jurassic Museum of Asturias offer a speculative take on how dinosaurs mated. Mario modesto via Wikipedia under CC By-SA 3.0 Dinosaurs had sex. Fossil nests and eggs, as ...

Scientists have unveiled a novel mosquito control strategy: genetically engineered fungi that spread through mating. This strategy offers hope for reducing malaria in high-risk regions. Research: ...