There’s some interesting activity afoot in the cropfields and pastures of Colorado, Utah and Montana, as researchers explore ...

Sure, cinnamon is a vital ingredient in your pumpkin spice latte, but did know it can also benefit certain plants by keeping ...

Growing high on alpine ridges, where few other trees can survive, the whitebark pine persists. Its gray-white bark bleaches ...

An unusually warm, wet summer fueled the spread of crop diseases, and now some corn farmers have reported lower-than-expected yields.

Cedar apple rust is a fungus, but its brown cases become jelly-like blobs with protrusions that look like something from outer space.

Tamra Jackson-Ziems has been getting a lot of calls. Nebraska Extension’s plant pathologist also has been hearing plenty of misinformation when it comes to southern rust. The calls and the fury around ...

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DES MOINES, Iowa — According to experts, over 60 Iowa counties’ corn fields are infected with the Southern Rust fungus. Farmers are busy working hard to combat the spreading disease. Matt Chambers, a ...

Tire tracks run through a field of corn in Iowa. A fungus that attacks corn has spread to over 40 Iowa counties. Southern rust creates reddish-orange patches on the tops of corn leaves. This blocks ...

A new global atlas of underground fungi suggests that some surprising biodiversity hot spots lie hidden beneath our feet. By Emily Anthes The world’s biological riches are not evenly distributed.

Nearly 100 million years ago, a droplet of tree resin captured a gruesome scene: a fungus bursting out of the body of an ant pupa. This amber fossil suggests that the fungus famous for its ability to ...