"Most people don't realise the enormous impact fungi has on the world," adds Ian. "It's pretty amazing stuff." n Fungi Under the Microscope at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh on Saturday and Sunday ...

By boosting beneficial microbes, researchers hope to increase crop resilience while reducing the use of synthetic nitrogen ...

Quentin Cooper explores incredible advances in microscope technology which have opened up a new frontier in understanding and fighting diseases, including cancer. Science is going back to basics ...We ...

The organism behind oral and vaginal thrush, Candida is a yeast-like fungus that many of us carry on or inside our body without doing any harm. Overgrowth can cause symptoms to develop, which are ...

Microorganisms, or microbes for short, are tiny living organisms that can only be seen through a microscope. They are not animals or plants, but are their own separate group. Fran: Plants, animals and ...

These fungi boost plant growth and restore depleted ecosystems, but federal funding for a library housing them has been cut – and it may be forced to close ...

Much of life on Earth is connected by a vast, hidden network that we are only just beginning to understand. Out of sight, between the world of plants and animals, another world exists, the kingdom of ...

This image of the fearsome poison fangs of a centipede, magnified so that we can see every hair and battle scar, is one of the finalists in the annual Nikon Small World competition. Now in its ...