The genome of the fungus that helps mountain pine beetles infect and kill lodgepole pines has been decoded in a University of British Columbia study. Also known as blue stain fungus for the stain it ...

CHANG: Ooh, very mysterious - I hope this fungus beetle comes back. All right, what is next on your list? LAMBERT: So we'll stick with small creatures - this one in the ocean. CHANG: OK.

they sow the new fungus, they generate this new garden,” says Berasategui. Called fungiculture, the approach has independently evolved in ambrosia beetles seven times. The evolution of new ...

CHANG: Wait - what was so spectacular about this beetle? LAMBERT: It's covered in these long, spindly white hairs. If you've ever seen the nature documentaries where they show ants or other insects ...