Plants and animals. Flora and fauna. While these phrases are familiar, they don't contain another kingdom of organisms crucial to local habitats. These life-forms are neither plants nor animals.

Almost 200 new plants and fungi were named new to science last year, with conservationists warning that many are already ...

Toenail fungus, or onychomycosis, is a nail infection that can make your toenails thicker, change color, or break apart. It affects about one in 10 people and is common in adults over 60. While fungi ...

Fungus can do a lot for us — make bread, make beer and cure infections, in the case of penicillin. But when the fungus infects us, well, that’s not nearly as much fun as beer. From your head to your ...

Several new species of fungus have been found lurking in waterways, and they might be harmful to humans. The new species were discovered in the sediment of riverbeds across Spain. Many are closely ...

Scientists named 190 new plants and fungi in 2025, many already threatened. New DNA tools are speeding discovery as habitat ...

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Mushrooms that appear identical turn out to be different species, correcting decades of errors in biodiversity records.

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