Researchers made daily observations of four gorilla groups and watched as they scratched the soil of the forest floor to ...

One option includes using fungi. "It would be another line of defence," said Sheila Gilmour, mayor of the community about 250 kilometres northwest of Edmonton. A mushroom grows in a forested ...

But believe it or not, the show's haunting zombies aren't that far from reality. Real-life 'zombie-making' fungi burrow into their host's flesh and manipulate their minds to turn them into ...

The fungal composition was primarily dominated by Ascomycota (55.4%), followed by Basidiomycota (14.7%), unclassified fungi (8.4%), and Olpidiomycota (8.2%). The results indicated a significant ...

MyBacon, a meatless mycelium-based bacon alternative from MyForest Foods, is produced at the Ecovative production facility on Thursday, in Green Island. Albany County Executive Daniel McCoy ...

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Fungi are under threat as their habitats are polluted and destroyed. Hundreds of species of fungi have now been added to the latest conservation Red List, but very little is known about millions of ...

A surprising cast of organisms also use comparable tactics. Growing evidence indicates that many plants, fungi, and microorganisms rely on venom-like methods to protect themselves from threats and ...

NTU scientists, in collaboration with local ecology and biomimicry design firm bioSEA, have developed ‘fungi tiles’ that could help cool buildings down without consuming energy. From left: NTU Assoc ...

Fungi-based textile startup Hydefy makes its debut through a vegan fungi leather bag with Stella McCartney, bringing biotech-driven materials into luxury’s commercial conversation. Fungi-derived ...

The mushrooms belong to a separate fungi kingdom altogether as they take carbohydrates from plants and decomposed organic matter. As mushrooms can’t convert sunlight into energy through photosynthesis ...