On the supercontinent Rodinia, this ancient fungi-matt likely lived in sediment, and fed on decaying organic matter, perhaps that of cyanobacteria and green algae, Bonneville says. It probably ...

Researchers are developing a living material that actively extracts carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Photosynthetic ...

Researchers are developing a living material that actively extracts carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Photosynthetic ...

Regular maintenance practices like professional gutter cleaning in Washington DC can make a significant difference in preserving your home’s exterior and extending its lifespan.

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Clouds are our lifelong companions. Sometimes they drift overhead as wispy filigrees. On other days, they darken the sky and dump rain on us. But for all our familiarity with these veils of water ...

Trillions of bacteria, fungi, viruses and single-celled organisms travel the globe high in the atmosphere. Scientists are ...

New research shows the symbiotic relationship between plant roots and soil fungi, leading to reduced chemical use and ...

Life on Earth blooms with wild ingenuity. From phosphorescent fungi feeding in the undergrowth to chameleons flicking tongues ...

They’re made up of two or more parts: an algae and a fungus working in close symbiotic relationship. Pengel calls this the ‘lichen sandwich’: you have the fungus, the algae, and then ...

An exception are marine lichens (fungi that live in symbiosis with photosynthetic algae or cyanobacteria and other microbes), which can be seen living on rocky seashores. Despite being known to ...

yeasts and moulds (lichens are symbiotic partnerships of fungi and algae). The faux Latinisation is deliberately analogous to flora and fauna, seeding the idea of parity between the three kingdoms.