NANJING -- An international paleontological team led by Chinese scientists has discovered two new species of parasitic fungus, preserved in approximately 100-million-year-old Kachin amber from ...

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The mushroom responsible for the zombie apocalypse in PlayStation game and TV series The Last of Us could actually slash your ...

Chengxuan Han, a doctoral student at a university in Wuhan, China, is accused of shipping four separate packages of ...

Do ants poop? Discover how these social insects have developed ingenious methods to manage their waste.

An inside look at the extensive, weird and wonderful fungi collection at Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and the ongoing projects ...