Scientists at VIB and Vrije Universiteit Brussel have uncovered a previously unknown mechanism that helps a widely used ...
Massospora cicadina’s lifecycle is so closely linked to periodical cicadas, that it waits 17 years to hijack its sex life — then spreads by turning them into walking spore bombs. Every 13 or 17 years, ...
For decades, a grisly mystery has buzzed around one fly-killing fungi. No matter when the fungus infects a fly, it always dies at the same time of day. Death always comes at sunset. When molecular ...