Because their relative isolation encourages speciation, oceanic islands are hotspots of biodiversity. Yet their relatively ...

The tool reveals richness hotspots from Ethiopia's Simien Mountains to Brazil's Cerrado savanna, while identifying rare endemic fungi in West Africa's forests and Tasmania's temperate ecosystems.

Scientists have released the world's first high-resolution, predictive biodiversity maps of Earth's underground mycorrhizal fungal communities ...

When I first saw this vegetation, I thought I was on another planet. It was all so different. … Not just the architecture of ...

Getting There: Lake Taupō is a walk from Taupō Airport (TUO). If you fly into Auckland, Taupō is 3 hours 30 minutes by road ...

Scientists rediscovered the world’s smallest snake, the Barbados threadsnake, after it had been missing from scientific ...

With nearly every step, we move above a vast underground network of fungal filaments, an ancient communication system that ...

They lack legal protection and a public profile. Threats to endemic plants are growing because of urbanization, illegal agriculture and deforestation.

For decades, scientists and conservationists have been using aboveground plant biodiversity as a metric for conserving ...

Fungi produce spores and can survive in adverse conditions and disperse themselves. The way the spores are formed, their size, color, and structure, all are used in identifying the fungi.

New research in Plants, People, Planet indicates that bread wheat's micronutrient content can be increased by cultivating it with a specific type of fungus.

The death of wrestling superstar Hulk Hogan at 71 has prompted an outpouring of love and respect from fans worldwide. It won’t, however, have come as a shock to many. Over a career spanning ...