In December 2024 Japan’s tradition of sake production using kōji mold was recognized by UNESCO as a part of humanity’s Intangible Cultural Heritage. Exports of sake are booming nowadays, but ...

Such combined strategies may result in a species-specific diagnosis of the causative agent. [63,64] A detailed overview on so far published molecular tools is given in Table 2. The majority of the ...

The deadly Sydney funnel-web is three distinct species – not one, as previously thought, scientists have confirmed. Spider experts have long suspected the Sydney funnel-web was more than one species ...

New research reveals that damage to these environments is pushing freshwater animals to the edge of extinction, with 24% of species in danger of being wiped out. Thousands of fish, crab and ...