"This is nature's irony at its finest... The same fungus once feared for bringing death may now help save lives." Not long ...

Could a legendary tomb curse become a medical miracle? Scientists may have reengineered Aspergillus flavus, linked to King ...

Even in their natural state, some asperigimycins killed leukemia cells in lab tests. But the researchers went further. By ...

A fatal fungus once thought to be a curse could potentially help fight disease. Scientists discovered molecules in a fungus ...

The same deadly fungus is now being looked at as a potential cancer treatment. The therapy detailed in this new study is a ...

This week, see zombie fungi trapped in an amber fossil, explore the sun’s hidden south pole, meet tool-using whales that ...

A fungus that is thought to have claimed the lives of several excavators working on King Tutankhamun's burial site has had a ...

A dreaded fungus known to inhabit tombs has been reconstituted as a treatment for leukemia and is performing as effectively ...

When Entomophaga grylli infects locusts or grasshoppers, they climb to the tops of plants before their death. The zombie-ant ...

Paleontologists studying insects trapped in amber from 99 million years ago have made a remarkable discovery: an ant and a ...

The mind-controlling “zombie” fungus, which inspired the video game and post-apocalyptic TV show The Last of Us, emerged ...