Fungal infections, such as athlete’s foot and ringworm, occur when one type of fungal microbe becomes too prevalent in one area of the body so that the immune system cannot defeat it.

Scientists have warned that blueberries could be wiped out a fungus rapidly-spreading worldwide. Caused by a two different strains of fungus, the disease appears as a white powdery mildew on ...

A fungus causing powdery mildew in blueberries has spread from the U.S. to continents like Europe and Asia, threatening crops and increasing fungicide dependence. NC State researchers found that ...

The foot-long crustacean has been named Bathynomus vaderi and sports a head that resembles the iconic helmet of Darth Vader from the Star Wars. It is the first giant sea bug discovered in ...

He was seen arguing with a man shorter than him and then turning around to find the 7-foot, 9-inch tall Florida Gators center Olivier Rioux standing behind him. Rioux made O’Neal look like a ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. German meat and dairy products have been placed under international curbs after the country’s first ...

HAMBURG, Jan 13 (Reuters) - Germany's meat and dairy exports outside the EU face severe restrictions after the country’s first case of the livestock disease foot-and-mouth was confirmed on ...

MUMBAI: Preliminary investigations of hair, scalp and nail samples have ruled out a fungal infection as the cause of the mysterious “bald virus” affecting several villages in Shegaon taluka of ...

Germany's national animal health institute confirmed that foot-and-mouth disease had been detected in samples from one animal, and the rest of the herd was slaughtered. It wasn't clear how the ...

Their fungal battery invention is 3D-printed - with fungal cells mixed into the printing ink - and has the unique advantage of being biodegradable. Once it's served its purpose, the battery ...

Even in the world of video games and television, a zombie plague carried by a deadly fungus sounds almost too far-fetched. But as HBO finally confirms the release date of The Last of Us season two ...