Other year-end selections are much larger than a zombie mushroom. In Peru, researchers described an acanth shrub that reaches ...

Kansas health officials say dozens of people were stricken by a hard to treat and potentially deadly fungus in 2025. The ...

The parasitic fungus ophiocordyceps sinensis is a popular traditional medicine and essential source of income for some of China’s poorest citizens. But now climate change and capitalism spell an ...

An escape hammer in case of a car accident, gifted to a person who doesn’t have a car; black toilet roll (I didn’t even know that was a thing); a toe-nail clippers set; jaffa cakes (this one’s ...

Athletes are 2.5 times more likely than the general public to develop nail fungus, according to a study in the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology. A condition that can disrupt training, ...

Researchers have identified hydrogen sulfide as a surprisingly effective tool for treating difficult nail infections. It penetrates nails more efficiently than current drugs and kills pathogens by ...

In experiments, researchers showed that the disease-spreading insects couldn’t resist the sweet smell of a fungus that infected and killed them. By Jason P. Dinh Watch your back, DEET. There’s a new ...

A fatal fungus once thought to be a curse could potentially help fight disease. Scientists discovered molecules in a fungus linked to Tutankhamun's tomb that stop the proliferation of cancer cells and ...

That persistent nail fungus that has resisted conventional treatments might finally meet its match in an unexpected place – your kitchen spice rack. Garlic, the pungent bulb that has flavored meals ...

The fungus labeled a "potential agroterrorism weapon" in a recent arrest touted by the Trump administration likely originated in North America and is already widely prevalent around the country, a ...

Two Chinese researchers were charged with smuggling a fungus classified “as a potential agroterrorism weapon” that could decimate crops and impact human health into the US last summer in a wad of ...