New research presents evidence that algae could have piggybacked on fungi to leave the water and to colonize the land, over 500 million years ago. Scientists think that green algae are plants ...

Lichens were already widespread more than 410 million years ago, according to a new international study that identifies a ...

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MSU scientists have a new proof of concept for a biofuel production platform that uses two species of marine algae and soil fungi. It lowers cultivation and harvesting costs and increases productivity ...

New research published in Nature Ecology & Evolution sheds light on the timelines and pathways of evolution of fungi, finding evidence of their influence on ancient terrestrial ecosystems. The study, ...

When a lake is covered with green scums during a warm summer, cyanobacteria -- often called blue-green algae -- are usually involved. Mass development of cyanobacteria is bad for water quality. But ...

I got my botany degree two years ago, so I could be out of date, but I was taught that Phytophthora was a fungus (14 September, p 9). The Editor replies: • Phytophthora were traditionally ...

In a recently published article in the journal Cells, scientists have provided a detailed description of the utility of mannose-specific lectins in preventing coronavirus infections. They have ...

Not every biologist is fortunate enough to discover two new species on the very campus where they teach, but Florida Gulf Coast University professor and researcher William Sanders did just that ...

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EAST LANSING, Mich -- Scientists think that green algae are plants water-living ancestors, but we are not sure how the transition to land plants happened. New research from Michigan State University, ...