Two newly discovered fungi species have a similarly macabre mode of action: They eat flies alive while using them to drop spores on new victims. The related species, Strongwellsea tigrinae and Strongwellsea acerosa, attack the fly species Coenosia tigrina and Coenosia...

Photo: Joey Santore (pogonia ophioglossoides)Orchids + FungusesBy: C_Y_SpamIf you can believe it, until about the 60’s, the scientific community considered the immense world of fungi to be a mere offshoot of the plant kingdom. Though we now know much more about the...

Photo by Sean Barefield (@mojave_cerastes)Bufo Alvarius, “The Colorado River Toad”, is a fascinating amphibian found in Northern Mexico and the Southwest parts of the United States. According to PBS Nature Works, “It is 3-7 inches in length and is the largest native...

Santa Claus’ origins are very hazy, some say it was Coca-Cola’s marketing push, old Greek legend, and some Norse folktales among countless other stories. The truth is that the modern day Santa has become an amalgamation of many myths and legends, we are diving into...

Mycorrhiza is a symbiotic relationship between plants and fungus, a relationship every single plant in nature relies on and benefits from. Mycorrhiza fungus is filament like in structure, it can be thinner than hair or as thick as spaghetti, spanning several square...

The common thought is that a billion years ago, in the Proterozoic era, the Earth’s land looked very different, no trees, no vascular plants, no animals. It was basically a bare rock with cool stuff in the water. Except it wasn’t. A research scientist in Canada has...

This document is not designed to treat, diagnose, or give medical advice. Any knowledge gained from this topic is to be used for research only and not to be replicated.Hallucinogens, in all their forms, typically have very similar effects on someone physiologically...