As if something out of a horror movie, a fungus infects spiders and turns them into zombies, causing them to act erratically ...

Fungal infections kill millions of people each year, and modern medicine is struggling to keep up. But researchers at ...

The emerald ash borer, an invasive beetle, continues to devastate forests across North America, killing millions of ash trees ...

The grass could always be greener — or less weedy or patchy, depending. Read on for the top 10 grass problems, as identified ...

This insidious little creature’s larva love to inhabit overly wet soils. Their larval feeding habits can damage plant roots, ...

Scientists have identified a marine fungus that was previously unknown and is capable of killing toxic algae known to ...

Spruce bark beetles hijack their host tree’s chemical defenses, transforming them into potent weapons against fungal threats.

When a maize plant is attacked by the fungus Ustilago maydis, tumor-like tissue growths occur at the site of infection. How the pathogen causes this response in its host has long been unknown. But a ...

Meth is a problem most everywhere, but particularly in Indian Country. In one small town on the Crow Indian Reservation in ...

The Namib desert’s sand can be burningly hot but its air, blowing in off the Atlantic Ocean, is cool. Running generates a wind over the body. We concluded that the heat from the sun and from the ...