Virginia has seen a dramatic increase in infections from Candida auris, a drug-resistant fungus, since the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic.

A fungus that has killed millions of bats has for the first time been found in bats on both sides of the continental divide in Rocky Mountain National Park, officials announced Thursday.

Fungus and heavy rains have hurt strawberry crops at pick-your-own farms in Northern Virginia, cutting strawberry season short.

Scientists have learned that another species of fungus found in Europe and Asia causes white-nose disease, which has ravaged bat populations in the United States and Canada.

Corn earworms are one of the most economically harmful pests in North America, and they can quickly become resistant to common insecticides. However, researchers at Virginia Tech are testing a new ...

The non-native fungus white pine blister rust helped devastate the species. White pine currently occupies less than 5% of its historic dominance, Schnepf said.

A bat sampled by biologists at Fort Huachuca near Sierra Vista in 2024 tested positive for the fungus that causes white-nose syndrome disease in bats.

White-nose syndrome fungus threatens the state's bat populations, posing risks with far-reaching impacts on the entire ecosystem.

The fungus, called Pseudogymnoascus destructans, infects bats with white-nose syndrome that renders damage to delicate wings and hastens bats out of winter hibernation early when there’s little ...

Researchers have found several promising ways to thwart the fungus, which causes the deadly white-nose syndrome in bats.