Keep your ghosts and ghouls—the Cordyceps fungus creates real-life zombies
I have never really been interested in ghosts, mummies or zombies, not even at Halloween. But as October 31 approaches each ...
‘A haunting in the woods’: Mushroom club searches for understudied topic that thrives in the creepiest places
During mushroom season in Illinois, mid-April to early November, the club conducts surveys around Chicagoland a few times a ...
Bats may be a scary Halloween symbol, but they benefit humans, and save farmers money
Bats' biggest boon to humans may be in their diet. A single bat can eat thousands of insects per night, ridding the air of ...
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This 20-Minute Trick Will Help a Carved Pumpkin Last for Weeks
Carving a pumpkin is one of the joys of autumn, but they typically only last for days. But a 20-minute bath in white vinegar ...
Fungus detected in Sutter County bats could lead to issues for crops
Just in time for Halloween, bats are in the spotlight. The California Department of Fish and Wildlife has detected a fungus ...
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Finding Halloween inspiration from nature’s blurred boundaries of life and death
Halloween traditions have origins in the Celtic festival of ... Their bodies are puppeteered by a fungus that takes over their organs and governs their every movement. The infected grasshoppers are ...
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With Halloween approaching, researchers explain why everyone should care about bats
With Halloween around the corner and October being ... Sewall of Temple University has been slowing the growth of the WNS fungus. The spray, polyethylene glycol 8000, he said is something that ...
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Bats may be a scary Halloween symbol, but they benefit humans, and save farmers money
With Halloween upon us, spooky symbols of the holiday ... There could be less of the fungus in the environment as years go by, she suggested, or frac sand — a drying agent — is reducing ...
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Fungus detected in Sutter County bats could lead to issues for crops
SUTTER COUNTY, California (KOVR) — Just in time for Halloween, bats are in the spotlight. The California Department of Fish and Wildlife has detected a fungus in some Sutter County bats and ...