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

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

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

Playing a monotonous sound stimulates the activity of a fungus that promotes plant growth, a study suggested on Wednesday, ...

Australia would be the likely winner from a shift in global canola trade flows should China impose tariffs on Canadian ...

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

Playing a monotonous sound stimulates the activity of a fungus that promotes plant growth, according to a study released on ...

LSU AgCenter mycologist Vinson P. Doyle and LSU Department of Biological Sciences professor Brant C. Faircloth lent their combined expertise to a study led by Smithsonian Institution entomologist Ted ...

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

A rare fungus that acts like the Cordyceps fungus which inspired The Last of Us was recently discovered in a rainforest in ...

Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History researchers state that this evolutionary partnership became stronger 27 million years ago, and exists even today.

As the nights draw in and temperatures begin to fall, it can only mean one thing: Halloween is right around the corner. Lots ...