NPR's Juana Summers talks with mycologist Matt Kasson about a strange fungus that is threatening certain broods of periodical cicadas.
Dr Ian Hennessee, a CDC disease investigator, told DailyMail.com that climate change is making treatment-resistant fungal diseases far more common.
Massospora consumes cicadas from the inside out then drives them to mate—in the process making infected males more attractive ...
An outbreak of highly pathogenic avian flu is ravaging the U.S. food supply, infecting birds in all 50 states and spreading ...
The EIS officers — better known as CDC’s disease detectives — will give 104 presentations and one of them looks no further than the conference itself last year for a case study in a quickly spreading ...
Cicadas are beginning to come out in the Upstate. Find out what to expect, and also read about "zombie" cicadas.
After two bats were found in Longmont and Boulder last month with white nose syndrome, a fungal disease that has decimated ...
America’s most-consumed fruit is at risk from a fungal disease. Researchers in North Carolina are on a mission to save ...
A deadly fungus could destroy most of the world’s supply of Cavendish bananas, but a company in North Carolina's Research ...
Cicadas are insects known for their prominent eyes, clear wings, and large bodies, ranging from 1 to 2 inches long. They are famous for their loud choruses, which are actually mating calls produced by ...
While Alabama only has to bear the brunt of one brood, the cicadas we see may be infected with a strange, somewhat ...