Taken by Fabio Saltarelli, this is one of the honorable mentions of the Wildlife category. It shows an elephant seal defending her calf from a striated caracara looking for its next meal in the Falkland Islands.
Glucose is an incredibly annoying bodily component to work with.
Fossilized spores confirm that legions of fungi made a meal of Earth’s dying dinosaurs.
The fungus ruining Cavendish banana crops is evolutionarily distinct from a similar disease that famously killed off the Gros Michel bananas.
Scientists in Singapore say they've discovered a sixth major clade of Candida auris, an emerging and often drug-resistant fungal threat.
The Last of Us may be more real than you think. The spread of fungal pathogens in humans and other species are a disaster waiting to happen.
Zombie-creating fungi are an unlikely possibility, but a warmer world will make fungi more of a threat.
