Mowing your lawn at the right height is the key to its health. Here are some tips based on the type of grass, its location, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. This microscopic, parasitic fungus evolved to hijack ants’ ...

Plus, the full list of 19 fungal pathogens to watch - all of which could pose a "major" threat to human health A ONCE-RARE genital super-fungus that can only be killed off with a ‘toxic’ treatment is ...

For decades, a silent killer has slaughtered frogs and salamanders around the world by eating their skins alive. Now, a global team of 41 scientists has announced that the pathogen—which humans ...

A drug-resistant 'super fungus' that attacks the groin and bum is spreading across Britain, experts have warned. Cases of trichophyton indotineae - a drug-resistant fungal infection that causes ...

It’s hard to overestimate the importance of fungi—and easy to understate how little we know about them. Scientists have described a little over 100,000 different species, while estimating that there ...

Mould found at the site of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster appears to be feeding off the radiation. Could we use it to shield space travellers from cosmic rays? In May 1997, Nelli Zhdanova entered one ...

Neurodegenerative diseases are a heterogeneous group of disorders that are characterized by the progressive degeneration of the structure and function of the central nervous system or peripheral ...

Diseases are abnormal conditions that have a specific set of signs and symptoms. Diseases can have an external cause, such as an infection, or an internal cause, such as autoimmune diseases. Fibrosis, ...

Essential oils are the extracted and distilled oils of different plants. These oils contain the chemical compounds that characterize and support the plant’s life cycle. Essential oils are natural ...

Lindsay Curtis is a health & medical writer in South Florida. She worked as a communications professional for health nonprofits and the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Medicine and Faculty of ...