Driving down a winter road, the easiest bird to spot is sometimes the bird that’s in your path. It’s not uncommon to come across a group of crows having an ill-timed gathering in the middle of the ...

Driving down a winter road, the easiest bird to spot is sometimes the bird that’s in your path. It’s not uncommon to come ...

A new AI-based workflow rapidly scans research papers to identify fungi with flexible lifestyles, improving predictions of ...

Discover nature this week with Missouri's natural decomposers. Recycling is critical in our “throwaway society” -- and the ...

Fungi are the hidden architects of our ecosystems, acting as everything from helpful partners for plants to aggressive ...

Fungi are the hidden architects of our ecosystems, acting as everything from helpful partners for plants to aggressive decomposers that recycle dead ...

Deep beneath the waves, something is shifting. Life once drawn to sunken whales and wood is missing, leaving the seafloor ...

You might have spotted these slithering pests in your bathroom, kitchen, or basement. Here's how to get rid of them and keep ...

Termites -- infamous for their ability to destroy wood -- are rarely welcomed into rainforests that have been painstakingly replanted. But a new paper suggests that termite transplants may be ...

Preventing global ecosystem collapse requires the 1 specific chemical process performed by marine bacteria. Over 20,000 species of marine worms fail to achieve true decomposition without external ...