Once a towering presence in northeastern forests, the American Chestnut is making a quiet comeback in Brooklyn.

In the Thuringian Forest or the Harz Mountains, dead spruce trees (Picea abies) dot the landscape like skeletons. Many have ...

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

Red coral fungus, ‘Ramaria araiospora.’ When it comes to the natural world, fungi are (truly) in a kingdom all their own.

Two bits of amber discovered in a lab basement hold ancient evidence of a fungi famous for controlling the minds of its victims.