A new study identifies a potential way to remove microplastics from water: fungal pelletization.

Yeasts infect about 150 million people a year and kill about 1.7 million, especially those who are immunocompromised.

New research makes it easier to diagnose a fungal disease called Ganoderma butt rot in palms before it's too late.

A fungus has a unique survival method: It "bewitches" male houseflies, enticing them to mate with fungal-infected corpses of dead female flies.

Two genes are indispensable for allowing plants to defend themselves against fungal attack on land, research shows.

A fungus can fight back against tawny crazy ants, an invasive species that drives out native insects and small animals and is a real pain for homeowners.

New research sheds light on an frog-killing pandemic. "...when it comes to chytrid infection, the most important things are where you live and who you are."

The best-known ergot alkaloid is LSD. Finding the compounds in morning glories could lead to psychedelic drugs for mental and physical conditions.

A small fungal enzyme that affects chirality could make it simpler to develop and manufacture drugs, report scientists.

How the fungus Candida albicans "shape-shifts" from single cells to thread-like filaments could offer ways to prevent dangerous infections.