After putting on surgical gloves, Matthew Allender gingerly picked up a Blanding’s turtle to inspect it for signs of a rare ...

Fungi could be classed alongside animals and plants as a separate realm for environmental protection under plans drawn up by the UK and Chile. The proposal, submitted to a UN conference on ...

From helping plants to colonize terrestrial earth to treating disease in humans, is there anything fungi can’t do? Chris Dart Neither plants nor animals, fungi are the most underappreciated ...

Some fungi are poisonous if eaten so you should ... Water – All animals need to drink or take in water to survive. Woodland habitat – Where an animal or plant lives in an area dense with ...

Areas of naturally open grasslands, known as campinas, were found to be the richest habitat for fungi overall ... and wiping out animals such as amphibians. The research, by teams in the UK ...