A team co-led by a Purdue University researcher has found that groups of fungi influence global tree species in distinct ways, depending on latitude and aridity. The team's data underscores the ...

More than one-third of the world’s tree species, from tropical magnolias to mountainous pines, are at risk of extinction. The International Union for the Conservation of Nature issued this stark ...

Abe Stone can expertly identify mushrooms. The longtime forager’s affinity for fungi has guided him down a research path that holds promise for suppressing one of the most recent and obstinate ...

University of Alberta research is showing how trees and fungi team up to survive and stay healthy against insect attacks—an alliance that could lead to more resilient forests. Endophytes—tiny ...

The crowning glory of the Gardenia brighamii is its pearly flower. Nicole Hynson Nicole Hynson normally gets roped in to help when all else fails. The conservation biologist from the University of ...

Gardeners the world over dread the appearance of aphids on their plants. There are around 4,000 species of these sap-sucking insects and about 250 are pests that can wreak havoc on crops in a garden ...

The emerald ash borer's larvae attack trees from within. Beech leaf disease from nematodes attack beech trees; Various fungal species plague white pine trees. PAXTON – When it c ...

While the Dome Fire wiped out more than a million Joshua trees in the Mojave Desert, the soil fungi they depend on largely survived.

Woolly apple aphids are destructive pests, threatening South Africa’s apple-growing industry. Westend61/Getty Images Gardeners the world over dread the appearance of aphids on their plants. There are ...