Bats play a vital role in our ecosystem. They pollinate plants, disperse seeds, and protect crops from pests. But more than 90% of three North American bat species no longer perform these functions, ...

CU Boulder researchers demonstrate how knowledge gaps hinder conservation efforts Over the past century, conservationists have become more effective in sounding the alarm about species at risk of ...

On a sunny, early-July morning, a small crowd gathered at the edge of the New York Botanical Garden’s reflecting pool. The previous night’s heavy rain rose as mist from the wet earth, lingering with ...

CU Boulder mycologist Alisha Quandt says there’s little reason to fear a fungi-zombie apocalypse like the one imagined in the HBO hit TV series ‘The Last of Us’ Alisha Quandt prepared herself in ...

For a fungus, there is no place like alabama. “Alabama is a hotbed for fungal diseases,” said Peter Pappas, M.D., professor in the Division of Infectious Diseases in the Heersink School of Medicine.

In darkness, a wormlike creature squirms. A tiny nematode weaves its way between grains of rock and particles of organic matter, through inverted forests of tree roots. It follows what it thinks is a ...