What do mushrooms do during winter? ASK A RESEARCHER: After winter, there are almost no mushrooms to be seen in the forest, yet interestingly, a lot of mushrooms appear in exactly the same place year after year. What’s happening?
Is it true that trees talk to each other? A fantastic idea and a popular science book that has sold millions of copies claims that they do. This is laying it on too thick, according to Norwegian biology professor, who warns against 'disneyfication' of research results.
Zombie fungus controls ants like they’re puppets. Could it make the leap to humans like in ‘The Last of Us’? In the popular TV series, a fungus has gained the ability to infect people.