Fungi’s evolutionary roots stretch far deeper than once believed — up to 1.4 billion years ago, long before plants or animals ...

Fungi evolved over a billion years ago - long before plants - reshaping the timeline of early life and Earth’s first ...

In 1997, at age 19, Toby Kiers talked her way into the Smithsonian's renowned tropical research institute on Barro Colorado, an island in the middle of the Panama Canal. The scientists studied the ...

Beneath our feet, an unseen kingdom is constantly at work. Fungi break down wood, leaves and mulch into nutrients that plants can absorb. They connect roots in a living network, moving water and ...