Outbreak of a rare fungal disease in Tennessee leaves one dead and dozens sick - The infection can be particularly serious for people with compromised immune systems and can spread easily though inhal ...

Earth's first large land organisms—tree trunk-like beings that stood up to 26 feet tall—weren't early fungi but, rather, ...

Mycologist Larry Millman is on a mission to record the fungi at Fresh Pond Reservation in Cambridge. He’s one discovery away ...

Extremophile molds are invading art museums and devouring their collections. Stigma and climate change have fueled their ...

Nikon’s Small World in Motion competition offers a unique window into life under a microscope. A tardigrade, colloquially known as water bears, move around a volvox algae colony. Tardigrades are water ...

Last summer I polled the great art houses of Europe with a seemingly straightforward question: Had they had any recent experiences with mold in their collections? Mold is a perennial scourge in ...

U.S. Rep. Seth Moulton of Salem introduced a bill yesterday that would reverse the large increase in funding Congress gave ...

The oldest known cremation found in Africa, dating from 9,500 years ago, raises a question: Why were the remains burned in such a visible way?

Near the equator, the Sun hurries below the horizon in a matter of minutes. Darkness seeps from the surrounding forest. Nearly 10,000 years ago, at the base of a mountain in Africa, people’s shadows ...

Finding these fossils was an 'incredibly exciting moment,' according to paleobiologist Xavier Delclòs.

A bacterial cell settles onto a nondescript surface. It is plump, healthy and functioning as it should. Nothing appears amiss ...

As mosquitoes spread dengue and chikungunya, Bangladeshi cleanup crews are taking public health into their own hands.