Chris Dart Neither plants nor animals, fungi are the most underappreciated kingdom of the natural world. During a billion years of evolution, they’ve become masters of survival. And yet ...

Neither plants nor animals—fungi represent a third mode of life and belong to their own kingdom. By looking at fungi in the context of evolution and natural history, scientists are making discoveries ...

Carly Allen-Fletcher has drawn a picture of the Big Picture, turning her imagination to the six classifications of life forms that scientists call kingdoms: plants, animals, fungi, protists ...

The most dangerous kingdom on Earth isn't led by humans—it's fungi. While we've focused on viral pandemics, over two million ...

6. Fungi can break down explosives and radioactive material Fungi are metabolic wizards. They can break down lignum (one of the world’s toughest woods), rock, crude oil, polyurethane plastics ...

In BESC 204 Molds and Mushrooms, the largest elective in bioenvironmental sciences, fungi aren’t food or footnotes — they’re the main event.

But it illustrates the strains that human activity places on this distinct individual kingdom, which is neither plant nor animal. "While fungi mainly live hidden underground and inside wood ...

argues for the "recognition of fungi" as an "independent kingdom of life in legislation, policies and agreements", so as to "advance their conservation". The pledge urges signatory nations to ...