Researchers working with dried fungal specimens stored at Australia’s National Herbarium of Victoria have identified two new ...

Agarikon is one of two endangered species of fungi in the United States. So rare is the species that scientists have placed ...

Microbes play a crucial role in maintaining the levels of many nutrients in our environment, but warming could disrupt their ...

Climate activist and author Rebecca Solnit tells Rowan Hooper why she still has hope, even in these "catastrophic" times ...

Nature is full of many strange relationships between different species, even between frogs and tarantulas. Read here to learn ...

From bone-eating snot-flowers to snowboarding scale worms, when a whale dies it becomes a colossal island of nutrients – attracting weird and wonderful creatures to feast.

Joro spiders, an invasive orb-weaving species native to East Asia, have invaded the U.S. and most of the Southeastern states.

Humans have some of the most impressive mutualistic relationships with animals on the planet. Whether it’s cats, dogs, sheep, cows, or horses, people have managed to create symbiotic relationships ...

Mesolithic and Neolithic artifacts from excavations in the Sergiev Posad district of the Moscow region. A spear, a bow and arrow, and a three-headed harpoon are replicas. Photo courtesy of Wikimedia ...

Plants are constantly on guard. Their roots are equipped with molecular alarm systems that detect invading microbes and trigger immune responses. Yet beneficial soil fungi routinely enter living root ...

Most plants allow fungal microorganisms to enter their root cells and provide them with carbohydrates in exchange for a ...

Some polar bears have been known to have partners of the same sex. Every other Friday, the Outside/In team answers a listener question about the natural world. This week's question comes from Monica ...