Oak wilt is one of the deadliest tree diseases in the United States, killing millions of oak trees across 76 Texas counties.

It’s called chytridiomycosis and is deadly to the yellow-spotted tree frog. Frogs get the disease from the chytrid fungus. A more moderate threat is the degradation and loss of the frog’s ...

The safety of dyes obtained from the bloodred webcap fungus can vary ... red dermorubin seemed safe in cellular studies, whereas yellow emodin caused mutations in a commonly used bacterial ...

Texans can help prevent the spread of oak wilt by avoiding pruning or wounding oak trees from February through June.

Turning waste into fuel is a key to second-generation biofuels. This fungus has been found on a Patagonian tree called ulmo (Eucryphia cordifolia), and the remarkable quality is that it produces ...