fungi

Fungi may help some tree-killer beetles turn a tree’s natural defense system against itself. The Eurasian spruce bark beetle (Ips typographus) has massacred millions of conifers in forests across Europe. Now, research suggests that fungi…
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Like so many others, I’ve been watching the HBO series The Last of Us. It’s a classic zombie apocalypse drama following Joel (played by Pedro Pascal) and Ellie (Bella Ramsey) as they make their way across the former United States (now run…
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In the early 2000s, a strange type of fungus infected hundreds of animals and people in America, but scientists discovered that these fungi reached whales as well. A new study published in the Journal of Diseases of Aquatic Organisms…
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