This finding exposed a hidden carbon transfer. The fungi fed on deadwood, absorbed its carbon, and passed it to orchids. In ...

A rare fungus has been spotted in Leicestershire for the first time. The Candelabra Coral was recorded in Burrow Wood, near ...

Those toadstools, puffballs, earth-stars and other fungi springing up now can alarm gardeners. Digging out fungi or applying ...

Fungi are best known for returning dead, organic matter to the Earth, but materials scientists are exploring whether they ...

Superwood, which we looked at earlier this year prior to its launch, is the result of a lengthy mission by material scientist Liangbing Hu, co-founder of ...

Fungi! They are everywhere, from the soil in your lawn to the highest branches in the trees outside, the darkest corners of ...

In darkness, a wormlike creature squirms. A tiny nematode weaves its way between grains of rock and particles of organic ...

Odontotermes obesus is one of the termite species that grows fungi, called Termitomyces, in their mounds. Workers collect ...

A US company has engineered a new type of wood that it says has up to 10 times the strength-to-weight ratio of steel, while ...

A new type of wood, six times less in weight and ten times stronger than steel could reshape the future of construction.

US-based InventWood has developed Superwood, a product boasting up to 10 times the strength-to-weight ratio of steel, while ...

Architects and microbiologists are exploring whether making buildings hospitable to friendly microorganisms can improve human ...