I recently saw a headline about how fruit flies that take more naps are more resistant to fungal and bacterial infections. This got me interested in insect pathogens (and naps), and I stumbled into ...

A newly discovered species of spider in the Ecuadorean Amazon mimics a pathogen, known as a zombie fungus, to protect itself.

Zombie ants are only one of the fungi-insect relationships studied by a team of Penn State biologists in a newly compiled database of insect fungi interactions. "I couldn't find a place with broad ...

The use of entomopathogenic fungi in insect pest management represents a promising and ecologically sustainable approach. These fungi, notably Beauveria bassiana and Metarhizium spp., naturally infect ...

For some plants, a nitrogen-rich diet from dead matter in soil just isn’t enough. Researchers from the University of Guelph in Ontario are discovering that these plants also rob nitrogen from the ...

A new study reveals that two strains of pathogenic fungi unexpectedly divide insect victims amongst themselves rather than aggressively compete for resources. University of Maryland entomologists ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. But large predators weren’t the only things to worry about during the age of the dinosaurs. Prehistoric insects had to contend ...

Meaty snacks: they’re not just for Venus flytraps. Almost any plant can be a carnivore with the help of fungi. Species of the ubiquitous Metarhizium genus kill insects and carry the nutrients ...

Flesh-eating plants are basically nitrogen thieves. The speed of their growth is limited by this invaluable element, just like all other plants. The difference is that plants that eat animals, like ...

Zombie ants are only one of the fungi-insect relationships studied by a team of biologists in a newly compiled database of insect fungi interactions. Zombie ants are only one of the fungi-insect ...

Two strains of fungi (Ma549 and Mr2575) were grown together in a lab dish containing potato dextrose agar and specially modified to glow in different colors (red and green, respectively). This image ...