Organisms capable of producing ice nucleators belong to different biological kingdoms but are thought to have evolved the same ability independently—a phenomenon known as convergent evolution.

Perhaps a quote from Merlin Sheldrake, noted author on mycology, offers some reason for the spreading interest in fungi: “… they are humble yet astonishingly versatile organisms, eating rock ...

In the third eukaryote kingdom (organisms with DNA gathered in the cell nucleus), the fungi kingdom, there are no sexes but rather a simpler and more primitive system of different so-called mating ...

Scientists have discovered what could be the largest and oldest living organism on earth — an individual mightier than the blue whale, the giant sequoia tree or such past pretenders to size s… ...

Scientists are sending four strains of fungi to the International Space Station to see what happens when the tiny organisms contend with the stress of microgravity and space radiation. It’s not ...

In the shaded forests of Selangor, such as Bukit Gasing, Taman Tugu and Bukit Kiara, trails offer more than just scenic walks ...

Scientists then leaned towards it being a giant fungus, but the classification remained uncertain. A 2007 study even presented strong evidence supporting this idea.  But new research is turning ...

But eradicating fungi from the world — even if that were possible — would amount to signing our own death warrant, says Keith Seifert in his book “The Hidden Kingdom of Fungi: Exploring the ...

Fungi lie between animal and vegetable. There are, we are told, more than a million species, and we of the animal kingdom divided from them about 650 million years ago.