A fossilized ant and fly preserved in 99-million-year-old amber have revealed one of the oldest known examples of parasitic ...

At first glance, the insect trapped in golden resin looked like any other tiny victim of deep time. Only under close ...

Many of us begin a new year hoping to become better versions of ourselves. Some aim to improve their health, others focus on ...

Ant species that evolved thinner shells traded individual armor protection for increases in colony size, University of ...

The year's top paleontological wonders ranged from a 540-million-year-old penis worm to a decades-old rodent impression.

Scientists have identified a marine fungus that was previously unknown and is capable of killing toxic algae known to ...

When researchers studying spiders and scorpions at the Zoological Collections Laboratory of the Butantan Institute in São ...

The plant was first spotted near a popular picnic site within a forest. But subsequent surveys have found fewer than 20 ...

Then there is the fungus, Beauveria bassiana. This fungus is neither the tree’s nor the beetle’s friend; as a pathogenic ...

When a maize plant is attacked by the fungus Ustilago maydis, tumor-like tissue growths occur at the site of infection. How the pathogen causes this response in its host has long been unknown. But a ...

When infected by a fungal disease, ant pupae actively emit a chemical cue that prompts workers to get rid of them for the ...

The parasitic fungus ophiocordyceps sinensis is a popular traditional medicine and essential source of income for some of China’s poorest citizens. But now climate change and capitalism spell an ...