Named for David Attenborough, this fungus forces spiders away from their webs before sprouting from their bodies.

Cold water swimming, paddleboarding and surfing are all popular pastimes— with millions of people in the UK regularly ...

Diseases caused by Candida are among the most common fungal infections worldwide. The new guideline was developed over four years by a team of more than one hundred experts from 35 countries.

Powdery mildew is a destructive fungal disease of barley that can result in crop losses of up to 40%. To protect themselves ...

That relentless scratching. Every pet parent knows the sound – the constant thump of a dog’s leg against their ear (and the ...

A programme that tracks and monitors infectious diseases across the country has seen a steady rise in certain disease cases ...

While bacteria are known to capture human plasmin to digest host tissue for metastasis, the hijacking of plasmin by viruses for infection is not well studied. The dengue virus is transmitted to ...

But humans lost this ability around 25 million years ago, as our ancestors became more reliant on vision and complex vocal communication. The muscles responsible for ear movement — known as the ...

As humans grew more proficient with visual and ... and are important for ear wiggling,” study first author Andreas Schröer of Saarland University in Germany, said. “These muscles ...

An older man presses his fingers to the side of his head, next to his ear. To test whether humans still use auricular muscles — which once helped move our primate ancestors’ ears to funnel sound — ...

Does this increased muscle activity help modern humans hear better? Probably not. "The ear movements that we have been studying are probably too tiny to have any effect on hearing," Hackley said.

A study shows that vestigial ear muscles activate when humans listen intently, mirroring how animals move their ears to locate sounds. Using electromyography, researchers found that these muscles ...