Q: It looks like I have fungus beneath my toenail, but how can I be sure? Does toenail fungus go away on its own? A: Yellowing, brittle and unusual-looking toenails can be a sign that a fungal nail ...

Cheese fungus, head lice, human sperm, a bee eye, a microplastic bobble: scientific photographer Steve Gschmeissner has imaged them all under the probing lens of a scanning electron microscope (SEM).

If your palms are a tad sweaty, it might be a good idea to go wash them now, before reading further. A 19-year-old university student in Philadelphia had a surprising firsthand encounter with a rare ...

Medically reviewed by Danielle McNeil, D.P.M Key Takeaways Subungual onychomycosis is the most common type of toenail fungus ...

Agricultural Research Service scientists are leaving no stone—or rather, leaf—unturned in their search for new ways to counter the fungus that causes tar spot, a yield-robbing disease of field corn in ...

Alien life might survive “uninhabitable” environments by simply changing them, suggests a recent study of — bizarrely enough — a fungus that grows on book covers in climate-controlled libraries. “Life ...