Dr Toby Kiers has won the 2026 Tyler Prize award after shedding light on “overlooked” fungi that can offset huge amounts of CO2. View on euronews ...

“Insect herbivores have long been known to accumulate plant defense metabolites from their diet as defenses against their own ...

How a Broader Understanding of the, Fungi Kingdom, Is Inspiring Innovation. 'The Guardian' recently highlighted the amazing and little-understood fungi kingdom. Fungi are spore-producing organisms ...

Scientists from the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and their international partners, reveal today their pick of the top 10 plants and fungi named new to science in 2025. From "camouflaged" plants to ...

We unlock the science of the forest's underground network and reveal how trees use a fungal network to communicate.

Fungal infections are becoming deadlier as drug resistance spreads and treatment options stall. Researchers at McMaster University discovered that a molecule called butyrolactol A can dramatically ...

Fall armyworms have spread throughout the world, destroying crops and evolving insecticide resistance. New research in Australia suggests fungi that attack the worms could be a promising pest control ...

For 450 million years, plants and soil fungi have been trading partners. The fungi weave through plant roots, delivering phosphorus and other soil minerals in exchange for sugars and fats produced by ...

Researchers from CSIRO, Australia's national science agency, have unlocked the most detailed genetic blueprint yet of a major ...

For the first time, ancient DNA from droppings left by New Zealand’s flightless moa identifies actual species of fungi the doomed birds ate. The snacks, including purple lumps of a trufflelike fungus, ...

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