In this excerpt from his new book "What if Fungi Win?" microbiologist and immunologist Arturo Casadevall examines the rise of ...
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 ...
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 ...
The Biden administration said on Friday it will provide nearly $200 million to fight the spread of avian flu among dairy cows ...
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 ...
SUMMERS: OK, Matt, so tell us - why are we talking about ... This is the puppeteer - the fungus - pulling the strings on its unsuspecting host. It's keeping the host active to attempt to mate to ...
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 ...
A long-awaited new policy broadens the type of regulated viruses, bacteria, fungi and toxins, including those that could threaten crops and livestock.
Two weeks later, an ulcer had emerged on the site where the cat scratched and quickly spread up her arm. This was the third human case in the US, but infections are far more common in South ...