Cryptococcus neoformans, which causes a potentially deadly form of meningitis, topped WHO’s list of the four fungal parasites that are most critical priority for research and new drug development.

The setup for The Last of Us video game and TV series involves a fungus that evolves due to climate change to infect swathes ...

The Aspergillus fungus is a known threat in tropical and subtropical climates but could soon spread across Europe and reach ...

Corn earworms are one of the most economically harmful pests in North America, and they can quickly become resistant to ...

The premise is that a fungal epidemic upends the world ... Soon, from this convenient perch, they release spores far and wide, spawning a new generation of ghastly parasites. There are about 750 known ...

Cordyceps are parasitic fungi that usually attack insects, arthropods, or other fungi. Essentially, the Cordyceps fungus doesn’t tend to bug us too much in real life. However, in The Last of Us ...

The insects from this group were last seen in 2008 and will appear across the eastern U.S. for a brief, dramatic frenzy of ...

Some researchers are sounding the alarm about a potentially deadly fungus that could spread throughout parts of the US, Europe and Asia. The study article, which was published in pre-print (not ...

Scientists are digitising the Fungarium at Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew – one of the world’s biggest collections of fungal diversity.

Getty More than 70 people who visited a farm in Wales have been infected by a parasite. Public Health Wales announced that it has confirmed that 74 people have been infected with cryptosporidium ...

Molds and yeast on human bodies and in the air are becoming increasingly resistant to treatment. Experts say the microbes are ...