Other year-end selections are much larger than a zombie mushroom. In Peru, researchers described an acanth shrub that reaches ...

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

Scientists from the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and their international partners, reveal today their pick of the top 10 ...

Botanists also name an overlooked snowdrop growing in the UK and a fruit that tastes like banana and guava ...

Scientists warn that human activities are “eroding nature to the point of extinction” after releasing a list of new species ...

Telipogon cruentilabrum is one of four new rare and spectacular Telipogon species described in 2025 by Dr Carlos Martel, ...

Rancocas Valley Regional High students are harvesting 1,000 pounds of mushrooms annually and getting a civics lesson.

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It’s been 12 years since social worker Cassie discovered a mysterious mould in her home, invisible to almost everyone except her. Now the fungus has spread - its glowing spores a major global health ...

Discover the Humongous Fungus near Marana, one of the world’s largest living organisms, and learn why it matters to Southern ...