Fungi are neither plants nor animals. The kingdom fungi is one of the six kingdoms of life, along with plants, animals, protists, bacteria and archaea. Molds and yeasts are part of the kingdom fungi, ...

Respiratory diseases in pigs typically involve multiple infections from different pathogens. Some pathogens play a greater role than others in the progression of the disease. The fungus ...

One of four newly described species of "stalked puffball" fungi from Hungary’s Pannonian steppe erupts out of the sand like the iconic Shai-Hulud ...

A research team is feeding fungi grown on the leftovers of ethanol production to pigs and chickens. The feed-production process also cleans water used to make ethanol, boosting the amount of water ...

In many ways, we’re all just fungi exploding in the rain. Like puffballs, all men are given life, then grow round and, in the end, shoot out a giant cloud of mustard-colored spores.

Skin fungi like ringworm are not only transmitted from person to person, but also from animal to human. Guinea pigs are likely candidates for transmission, says a German medical magazine ...

Debut director Michael Sarnoski works in the key of angst and doom planting us in the Oregon wilds with Nicolas Cage as Rob, a truffle hunter whose pet pig is kidnapped.

Truffles aren't just for humans (and pigs) anymore. At least two species of bird in Patagonia root around in the dirt for the precious fungi.

Classroom Ideas While students watch this clip, they could identify how the birdcage plant, the puffball and the earth star fungi use the air to disperse their seeds or spores.

Puffballs are a form of fungi that develop a more-or-less spherical shape. During the summer and fall they seem to spring forth out of nowhere. In fact, each fungus actually begins as a ...

AMES, Iowa – Initial studies show a fungus grown in the leftovers of ethanol production could be a good energy feed for pigs and chickens. In separate feeding trials, nursery pigs and chickens have ...

By now you can treasure Nicolas Cage without necessarily loving him or the movies he chooses to make, but there’s no denying his Bourdain-ish appetite for new and different things. In 40 years ...