An ancient and enormous organism called Prototaxites, initially found to be a type of fungus, may actually be an unknown ...

The revived organisms resumed their biological activities as if they hadn't been without oxygen and light for thousands of ...

For the first time, researchers have demonstrated that certain lichen species can survive Mars-like conditions, including ...

Some fungal diseases in humans no longer respond to medicines, which increases the risk of severe illness and death as well ...

When people talk about the coronavirus, they sometimes describe this invisible entity as if it has a personality and even a ...

Single-celled organisms that group together can generate stronger water currents to pull in food, a benefit that may have ...

As nations continue to experience exponential population growth, the unending search for food security continues to take ...

Researchers reveal Prototaxites, a giant Devonian fossil, was not a fungus or plant but a unique extinct lineage.

Unusual structures of unknown origin discovered in desert rocks have been documented in a new study. In the desert regions of ...

What a brainless slime mold can teach us about decision-making, intellectual curiosity, and thriving in an uncertain world.

Under microscopes, scientists found that giant single-cell organisms were able to vacuum up more food when they are stuck together.

In 2007, a team led by Stanford geobiologist Kevin Boyce found that carbon isotopes in the fossils resembled those of fungi — ...