In this podcast, student journalist Taryn Pollock explains what the ophiocordyceps unilateralis fungus is and why it is commonly called the Zombie ant-virus. Taryn Pollock is a student at South ...

Four Sigmatic has been in the mushroom business for over a decade, predating the current craze, and their latest coffee with ...

Cordyceps may not be able to turn humans into zombies, but they do infect insects like ants, changing and controlling ... As for cordyceps’ affect on humans, the fungus has been used in herbal ...

Zombie Ant. Image via Openverse. The parasitic fungus Ophiocordyceps unilateralis targets ants, manipulating their behavior to climb vegetation where the fungus can optimally spread spores. This ...

Ants may also come inside in search of water, particularly when the weather is hot. Some species prefer to build their nests ...

An 1870 watercolor of Agaricus rubescens Fr., by Mary Elizabeth Banning, a self-taught mycologist who studied fungi in her home state of Maryland for four decades.Credit...New York State Museum ...

For as long as plants have lived on land, fungi have sustained them. Beneath every giant sequoia, every wheat stalk, every black-eyed Susan, hidden webs of filigreed mycelia permeate the plants’ roots ...

Students and teachers at Independence High School are concerned about the constant littering inside the school. Both students and teachers have complained that students discard their garbage on ...