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

Researchers discovered a possible weakness in the deadly hospital superbug C. auris that could lead to new treatments for the ...

A deadly, drug-resistant fungus is extending its tendrils around the world. Research out this month finds that the public ...

Spruce bark beetles don’t just tolerate their host tree’s chemical defenses—they actively reshape them into stronger ...

Fungal pathogens within the Botryosphaeriaceae represent a diverse group that causes significant diseases in woody plants worldwide. Their impacts range from leaf spots and cankers to severe die-back, ...

The Armillaria genus comprises fungal pathogens responsible for root disease across a broad range of woody hosts, causing significant ecological and economic impacts in forests and managed landscapes ...

Drug-resistant Candida auris can withstand most disinfectants and can remain within a person's body for weeks, experts say.

While water lilies are perhaps most famous for starring in French impressionist artist Claude Monet’s work, they may also have a molecular secret weapon that could help in our ongoing fight against ...

The research focused on Lasius neglectus, a species of garden ant. Unlike adult workers, which can leave the nest to die when they are gravely ill, young pupae are immobile and remain sealed in ...

Fungal diseases can have a devastating effect on agricultural production. By some estimates, these infections account for the loss of as much as a quarter of crops globally each year. For decades, ...

Back at the turn of the 21st century, Valley fever was an obscure fungal disease in the United States, with fewer than 3,000 reported cases per year, mostly in California and Arizona. Two decades ...

Spruce bark is rich in phenolic compounds that protect trees from pathogenic fungi. A research team at the Max Planck ...