Learn about the riveting ecology of these slow-moving mammals and how a weekly behavior promotes the health of their fur microbiome. It just so happens that this fur microbiome could eventually help humans fight diseases and cancer in the modern age.
Read more#FungiFriday – The cobalt crust
This beautiful fungus has properties humans may be able to harness to fight future bacterial infections.
Read more“Defensive mixology,” an ant mechanism used to reduce pathogens
Top ant cadaver covered in pathogen Metarhizium brunneum.
Tree resins evolved to reduce fungal, bacterial and insect pathogens and parasites. This new research shows that these properties are not only harnessed by wood ants, but actively enhanced through the application of two acids the ants produce.
Read moreBeetles that farm fungus might be hiding another mutualism
Fungal galleries and ambrosia beetles/larvae. Photo by Jiri Hulcr in this review
A group of insects that have been farming longer than us humans may be hiding something..
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