Erysiphe vaccinii, a fungus that causes a powdery mildew to form on blueberry plants, originated in North America. It is now spreading rapidly across major blueberry-growing regions, including China, ...

The new fungus species Gibellula attenboroughii forces reclusive cave spiders to exposed areas, likely to benefit spore dispersal.

You also don’t want your dog sniffing around the yard and snacking on any toxic fungus. One of the most notorious mushroom varieties is the death cap (Amanita phalloides), which contains ...

Bti—short for Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis—is a naturally occurring bacteria in soil that kills pests like fungus gnats ...

Pakistan and the United States have announced to launch joint efforts to eliminate toxic fungus causing liver cancer and stunting in children. The resolve to this effect was expressed at launch of a ...

Garrison and her colleagues discovered that a toxic fungal pathogen known as Aspergillus sydowii was traveling in this African dust and could be a main culprit behind sea fan diseases. Ginger ...

Frog species with higher concentrations of toxic alkaloids on the skin had a greater diversity of bacterial and fungal species living on them, the team found. When Caty and her collaborators fed ...