Mushroom hunters on the Isle of Man are left marveling at the rediscovery of Cobalt Crust fungus.

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 ...

Acting Sergeant Robert Cecil Morton recalled, “In fact yeast was the nearest thing to the ‘dinkum brew’ in the camp because ...

A 407-million-year-old fossil may belong to an unknown branch of life, according to a new study. In 1843, a Canadian ...

Look at what we found in a little piece of ginger flesh under a microscope with polarized light.

Rivals or allies—how do bacteria and fungi interact in our bodies? Until now, bacteria on our mucous membranes were primarily considered to be antagonists of fungi, as they can inhibit their growth.

Atopic dermatitis (AD) is a chronic disease that affects an increasing number of children and adults. The skin is dry and ...

Fungi are the hidden architects of our ecosystems, acting as everything from helpful partners for plants to aggressive ...

How physically magnifying objects using a key ingredient in diapers has opened an unprecedented view of the microbial world.

A potentially deadly fungus has been spreading throughout Tennessee, health officials have warned. Over 35 cases of histoplasmosis, a lung infection caused by exposure to the fungus Histoplasma ...

This year’s recipient of the Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement talks about “punk science,” microbial economics and thinking like a mycorrhizal fungus. Toby Kiers, an evolutionary biologist at ...