They have poisoned emperors, taken over insect brains and survived atomic bombs. This Dantean journey through fungal hell is riveting – though frogs may disagree ...

The Pro1 protein helps express mating-related genes in different species of fungi. But what happens when Pro1 malfunctions? Researchers from the Tokyo University of Science have found that mutations ...

A parasitic fungus has the ability to take over the mind and body of an ant before leading it to its final resting place at the most opportune time, an astonishing study has revealed. The fungus, a ...

The ants 'use' another fungus which 'eats' the fungus that turns ants into zombies - saving the colony from extinction. ‘In a case where biology is stranger than fiction, the parasite of the ...

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The fungus that causes toenail infections and athlete's foot seems to have lost the knack of sexually reproducing, making it an easier target for drug treatments, US scientists say. Lab tests found ...