Bonito and his undergraduate research student, Alassane Sow, who is also the lead author of the study, used DNA analyses to identify the two truffles and to place them in "the tree of life." ...

Truffles are the fruit of underground fungi, which many trees depend upon for growth. But unlike mushrooms, which can spread to new locations via spores dispersed in the wind, truffles require animals ...

A wagging tail is the universal sign of a happy dog, especially for a rusty golden retriever named Rye. It's his "tell-tail" ...

Anything is paw-sible. Specially trained “truffle dogs” working for Michigan State University and the University of Florida used their noses to help discover two species of truffles. The two new ...