Massospora consumes cicadas from the inside out then drives them to mate—in the process making infected males more attractive ...
A long-awaited new policy broadens the type of regulated viruses, bacteria, fungi and toxins, including those that could threaten crops and livestock.
A rare bat sighted in Scioto County leads McCormac to wonder about the endangered species and how it came to be that way.
It was the gruesome fantasy show that put fungus on the map. The Last of Us, based on the popular video game of the same name, saw a group of intrepid explorers trudge their way across a dystopian ...
Billions of cicadas are about to be "controlled like zombies" into spreading a strange fungus that "hijacks their bodies and behaviour", according to a report. In a development worthy of a horror ...
Bananas are the world’s most popular fruit. Americans eat nearly 27 pounds per person every year, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. A deadly fungus could destroy most of the world ...
NPR's Juana Summers talks with mycologist Matt Kasson about a strange fungus that is threatening certain broods of periodical cicadas.
An outbreak of highly pathogenic avian flu is ravaging the U.S. food supply, infecting birds in all 50 states and spreading ...
Bananas grow in a greenhouse at Elo Life Sciences, an RTP company who is developing a genetically modified banana that is resistant to a deadly fungus sweeping through much of the world’s banana crop ...
The risk of bird flu to the general public still remains low, according to the CDC’s assessment, but workers in close ...