Genetic modification improves environmental credentials of ‘particularly promising’ substitute that outperforms poultry, ...

Scientists grew a microscopic fungus into a more efficient — and meat-like — edible protein by tweaking just two genes with ...

By stripping two metabolic enzymes, scientists created a mycoprotein that needs less energy, emits less carbon, and rivals ...

A new study has found that the gene-editing tool CRISPR can be used to improve the properties of Fusarium venenatum, a fungus with meat-like properties.

We have a meat problem. We love eating it, but our planet hates producing it. Animal agriculture consumes vast amounts of water, takes up a lot of land, and emits greenhouse gases into an atmosphere ...

In experiments, researchers showed that the disease-spreading insects couldn’t resist the sweet smell of a fungus that infected and killed them. By Jason P. Dinh Watch your back, DEET. There’s a new ...

Quorn, the meat-free food manufacturer, has reported a slowdown in sales declines as part of a turnaround strategy aimed at restoring profitability. Marlow Foods, the parent company of the Billingham ...

Meat-free food products maker Quorn says sales declines have slowed down amid a turnaround plan designed to return it to profitability. Marlow Foods, the parent company behind the Billingham and ...

UK meat alternatives brand Quorn has removed artificial ingredients from its best-selling frozen products, aiming to shift consumer perceptions of the category. The brand’s two top sellers among its ...

For decades, a grisly mystery has buzzed around one fly-killing fungi. No matter when the fungus infects a fly, it always dies at the same time of day. Death always comes at sunset. When molecular ...

The "pharaoh's curse" fungus, Aspergillus flavus, can be used to fight leukemia, according to a study published in the journal Nature Chemical Biology. The fungus is called "pharaoh's curse" because ...

The fungus labeled a "potential agroterrorism weapon" in a recent arrest touted by the Trump administration likely originated in North America and is already widely prevalent around the country, a ...