Oyster mushrooms and repurposed bamboo furniture scraps may be an unlikely combination for a tough building material, but ...

Scientists in Singapore have created special wall tiles made from fungi that could help cool buildings naturally, without ...

These “fungi tiles” could provide an energy-free solution for cooling buildings. The tiles combine mycelium with organic ...

Researchers have developed fungal mycelium-based tiles that are more energy efficient than conventional building insulation ...

This story appears in the March 2019 issue of National Geographic magazine. The intricate web of cracks and crevices that gives African elephants their distinctive look is, in fact, an essential ...