Medically reviewed by Mary Choy, PharmD Probiotics are live microorganisms (microscopic living things such as bacteria, ...

The patches of lichen you've probably seen growing on tree trunks and park benches might be easy to overlook, but they're ...

One example is Anophthalmus hitleri, a blind beetle. The species was named by amateur Austrian entomologist Oskar Scheibel as ...

The International Mycological Association (IMA) has partnered with Pensoft to transition its flagship journal IMA Fungus to the ARPHA publishing platform.

A child’s introduction to the classification of plants and animals—alongside fungi, protists, bacteria and other living ...

Creating a base on the moon is the dream of many scientists and space enthusiasts around the world. This type of permanent ...

While they're sometimes mistaken for moss, lichens are miniature ecosystems made up of a fungus and algae or bacteria that can make energy from sunlight, living together in one body. "Lepraria ...

Lichens, the silent guardians of our ecosystem, are under threat from climate change and need to be saved, write BKP Sinha ...

These plants, apart from absorbing the toxins into themselves, also harbor around their roots different microorganisms such ...

Discover how the innovative microbial biofertiliser developed by CSIR-NBRI reduces chemical fertiliser expenses by 40% while ...

various algae and (b) fungus-spores isolated from cultures of fungi forming the one component of certain lichens.