It’s been previously suggested that a microbe’s sonic environment can impact its growth. A 2016 study found that E. coli ...

A new study from Smithsonian scientists analyzes ant and fungus species, and uncovers the origins of their close partnership ...

The asteroid impact that wiped out the dinosaurs sparked a remarkable relationship between ants and fungi, a new study has ...

Plants transfer carbon to fungi, challenging market models, suggesting new insights into carbon sequestration.

When humans began farming crops thousands of years ago, agriculture had already been around for millions of years. In fact, ...

New research shows that ants have been farming fungi for 66 million years — thanks in part to the asteroid that fueled the ...

The discovery that sound improves the growth rate of beneficial fungus suggests that dirges in the dirt may help restore forests.

Ants learned to work with fungi back in a world where only fungi could thrive.

Humans began farming thousands of years ago, but a new study co-authored by two LSU professors says ants had us beat by ...

According to a new study, colonies of ants began farming fungi when an asteroid struck Earth 66 million years ago. This asteroid impact caused a global mass extinction but also created ideal ...

These types of stories remind us that, although many species have suffered due to human activities, it is not too late to do ...

Researchers made an unsettling discovery connecting child deaths to the decline of bats, according to a recent article ...