Lab and field experiments show oyster filtration removes the deadly parasite affecting blue crabs within an hour. Experts ...

In 1938, Olympic was designated as a national park, after an act of Congress that was signed into law by President Franklin ...

Exterminators keep getting calls for a reason. Wood-devouring insects, such as beetles, termites, and carpenter ants, are constantly chewing through walls or infecting trees and breaking them down.

A potentially deadly fungus has been spreading throughout Tennessee, health officials have warned. Over 35 cases of histoplasmosis, a lung infection caused by exposure to the fungus Histoplasma ...

This year’s recipient of the Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement talks about “punk science,” microbial economics and thinking like a mycorrhizal fungus. Toby Kiers, an evolutionary biologist at ...

Spruce bark beetles don’t just tolerate their host tree’s chemical defenses—they actively reshape them into stronger antifungal protections. These stolen defenses help shield the beetles from ...

According to recent studies, a drug-resistant infection is on the rise and is currently spreading in 27 U.S. states, with mortality rates ranging from 30% to 60%. The Centers for Disease Control and ...

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) — A deadly fungus has now spread to Connecticut. State labs confirm several cases of a yeast, a kind of fungus, called Candida auris. Dr. Scott Roberts, an infectious disease ...

A deadly superbug is spreading across the U.S., and it's resistant to most antibiotics. Health officials have reported that thousands of people are already infected with candida auris (C. auris), a ...

Nature gives rise to fascinating adaptations, which can sometimes lead to organisms living in some strange situations. The relationship between bark beetles, spruce trees, and a type of fungus is a ...

A deadly fungus is spreading across the U.S., with researchers reporting that it carries a high level of resistance to convential treatments. Candida auris, a species of fungus first identified in ...

NEWTOWN — A person was injured early Thursday morning when a car went airborne in a crash on Blue Spruce Drive, marking the first call of the year for local emergency crews, officials said. The single ...