Tag: fungus

Slimy masses of cells called biofilms can lead to fatal hospital-acquired infections, but there's a new way to fight back against the pests.

Animals and plants often work together in the wild for mutual benefit, to the point where that relationship can actually modify their genes.

Modern technology has solved the century-old mystery of how spores shoot off of their parent organism with cannon-like force.

Millennia-old fungal networks transmit nutrients between plants, a link that's helping boreal forests survive amidst climate change.