Three quarters of all businesses depend on nature, one way or another. For raw materials like timber, cotton, and crops. For ecosystem services, like the microbes and decomposers that keep farmland ...

White-rot fungi have the ability to naturally break down plastic waste, providing a long-term remedy for one of the most ...

Bug zappers are marketed to reduce the mosquito population, making outdoor spaces more usable during nighttime. If the bugs are attracted to the zapper’s light, they won’t bother you, who is a safe ...

Could so-called blue carbon be key to resolving some of Australia’s biggest environmental and cultural challenges?

Beneath Oregon’s Malheur National Forest lies an organism of extraordinary size, stretching over thousands of acres and ...

At some point you have likely heard the term “biodiversity.” Maybe you heard the term on the news or during a nature documentary. Perhaps a consulting forester has discussed the ...

What is the largest organism? Until a few years ago, Oregon’s “humongous fungus” was considered the world’s largest organism.

The researchers found that, on average, spore allergy season was kicking off 22 days earlier in 2022 than it had been in 2003 ...

Bamboo mushrooms are tropical fungi known for their lace-like skirt, ecological role in decomposition, and unique insect-based spore dispersal. Valued in Asian cuisine and traditional medicine, they ...

In a first-of-its-kind study, Stanford researchers have measured how the abundance of ocean life has changed over the past half-billion years of ...

Will eating mold make you sick? You are enjoying your breakfast when you notice that your banana muffin seems to have grown a patch of fuzzy green dots. You have already taken a bite or two. Now, you ...