Massospora consumes cicadas from the inside out then drives them to mate—in the process making infected males more attractive ...

Billions of cicadas are about to be "controlled like zombies" into spreading ... several US states. Some of them will be "zombie cicadas" that are infected by the sexually transmitted fungus ...

A deadly fungus could destroy most of the world’s supply of Cavendish bananas, but a company in North Carolina's Research ...

An epic amount of cicadas are expected to infiltrate the U.S. soon, with multiple broods emerging from their current earthen ...

It was the gruesome fantasy show that put fungus on the map. The Last of Us, based on the popular video ... agonizing boils to appear on the skin, or cause deadly brain swelling that ultimately ...

NPR's Juana Summers talks with mycologist Matt Kasson about a strange fungus that is threatening certain broods of periodical cicadas.

While Alabama only has to bear the brunt of one brood, the cicadas we see may be infected with a strange, somewhat ...

Americans eat nearly 27 pounds per person every year, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. A deadly fungus could destroy most of the ... a few Cavendish banana plants are spread out in a ...

An outbreak of highly pathogenic avian flu is ravaging the U.S. food supply, infecting birds in all 50 states and spreading ...

After two bats were found in Longmont and Boulder last month with white nose syndrome, a fungal disease that has decimated ...

Leptospirosis is a bacterial infection spread via contact with contaminated ... Blastomycosis is a rare infection caused by a fungus. Learn what it looks like on skin, risk factors, and treatment ...

Americans eat nearly 27 pounds per person every year, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. A deadly fungus could destroy ... banana plants are spread out in a room about the size ...