The newly described lineage belongs to an order called Hodarchaeales (or “Hods” for short) found in marine sediments. Like ...

We’re Discovering Species Faster Now Than in the ‘Golden Age’ of Exploration In A Nutshell Record-breaking pace: 2020 saw more new species formally described (17,044) than any year in history, with ...

The exciting world of fungi is explored in the new CBC documentary, "The Kingdom: How Fungi Made Our World". California teens ...

Getting to The Cedars, an ecological preserve in California’s Sonoma county, is a slog. Multiple rivers and creeks must be ...

Bettongs may be small, but these Australian natives can crush hard nuts that would snap the jaws of much larger animals.

The mushroom Laccaria amethystina, which grows near beech trees, can be hard to see from above, given its drab cap. But by lying on the ground and looking up at the gills on the cap’s underside, an ...

Are fungi animal, vegetable or mineral? Answer: none of the above! Fungi are a broad group of organisms in their own taxonomic kingdom. And, the organism forms are highly variable. Most folks will ...

The fungi within our bodies may have a much greater effect on our health than we've long given them credit for. Amongst the millions of tiny life forms living on and inside our bodies are countless ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Some 279 fungi species face extinction due to land use change for farming and urbanization, while another 91 species are at risk from agricultural ...