This year’s recipient of the Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement talks about “punk science,” microbial economics and thinking like a mycorrhizal fungus.

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Researchers from CSIRO, Australia's national science agency, have unlocked the most detailed genetic blueprint yet of a major ...

One person who contracted it died. The fungus is commonly found in soil in the Ohio River and Mississippi River valleys, and ...

Global distribution of 3,500+ study sites used in the analysis of AM fungal spore traits across diverse biomes. Many soil microbes play a vital role in ecosystems, as they help plants access nutrients ...

A native prickly pear cactus (Opuntia humifusa) on the left, thrives next to non-native horticultural varieties of succulent stonecrop species (Sedum or Phedimus). Credit: Bala Chaudhary. Green roofs ...

A common soil fungus may offer a sustainable solution to one of the world's largest industrial waste problems while helping recover a critical ...