Scientists have discovered a newly identified marine fungus that can infect and kill toxic algae responsible for harmful blooms. The microscopic parasite, named Algophthora mediterranea, attacks algae ...

Exterminators keep getting calls for a reason. Wood-devouring insects, such as beetles, termites, and carpenter ants, are constantly chewing through walls or infecting trees and breaking them down.

The Florida Department of Health issued an alert (of sorts) about raw milk linked to E. coli and campylobacter illnesses. Getty Images File A deadly, drug-resistant fungus has infected more than 27 ...

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) — A deadly fungus has now spread to Connecticut. State labs confirm several cases of a yeast, a kind of fungus, called Candida auris. Dr. Scott Roberts, an infectious disease ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. A deadly fungus is spreading across the U.S., with researchers ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. This microscopic, parasitic fungus evolved to hijack ants’ ...

In experiments, researchers showed that the disease-spreading insects couldn’t resist the sweet smell of a fungus that infected and killed them. By Jason P. Dinh Watch your back, DEET. There’s a new ...

As an alternative to single-use plastic wrap and paper cup coatings, researchers in ACS’ Langmuir report a way to waterproof materials using edible fungus. Along with fibers made from wood, the fungus ...

If you've ever had nail fungus, you'll know it's one of those quiet little annoyances that can chip away at your confidence. Maybe it's the yellow tint that never seems to go away, or the way your ...

“Case numbers are rising, outbreaks are growing in scale, and several countries report ongoing local transmission,” health officials say Vanessa Etienne is a Staff Writer for PEOPLE on the Health team ...

For decades, a grisly mystery has buzzed around one fly-killing fungi. No matter when the fungus infects a fly, it always dies at the same time of day. Death always comes at sunset. When molecular ...

(left to right) Qiuyue Nie, the paper’s first author and postdoctoral fellow in the department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Engineering and ...