Student journalist Taryn Pollock explains what the ophiocordyceps unilateralis fungus is and why it is commonly called the ...

By Shreya Dasgupta Venom isn’t just a feature of some animals; it’s found across the living world, from plants and fungi to ...

Leafcutter ants appear to remember past infections and respond more aggressively to familiar threats, according to a new study.

While the red listing of more mushrooms and their relatives has been welcomed, the results paint a worrying picture. Almost a ...

Scientists found that plants, fungi, and microbes use venom-like methods to protect themselves, attack rivals, or survive.

Characteristics of social immune memory were observed in colonies of Atta sexdens exposed to four different pathogenic fungi. The insects increased their cleaning behavior one week and one month after ...

The newly discovered species, named Gibellula attenboroughii, acts in a similar way as the zombie ant fungus, seemingly manipulating its prey to move to a more suitable spot for the fungus to ...

The short answer to “Why are there ants everywhere?” is simply this: We live on a planet where ants outnumber us by an almost ...