A woman spotted a rare “Stranger Things” fungus on a walk. The Devil’s fingers fungus, also referred to as octopus stinkhorn or octopus fungus, reportedly has a smell comparable to ‘rotting flesh’.

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Some 279 fungi species face extinction due to land use change for farming and urbanization, while another 91 species are at risk from agricultural ...

Natural happenings in September are wide and diverse. It is hard to step outside or go on our daily commutes without taking note of how nature is dealing with the shortening days. The autumnal equinox ...

Rachel Feltman: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Rachel Feltman. Even if you don’t know what the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s Red List is off the top of your head, I ...

Fungi are neither plants nor animals. The kingdom fungi is one of the six kingdoms of life, along with plants, animals, protists, bacteria and archaea. Molds and yeasts are part of the kingdom fungi, ...