A fungus called Ophiocordyceps sinensis, also known as caterpillar fungus, is found in the Himalayas and often used in traditional medicine to treat illnesses like cancer. Researchers in the United ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A woman displays the fungus for sale at a market. The fungus sprouts from the caterpillar’s head. Kevin Frayer/Getty Images News ...

Cancer has been one of the nefarious diseases that has been affecting the lives of many people, with limited to no known cure to remove the cells that are affecting those in the body. However, ...

NEW DELHI, (IANS) – Numerous attempts of Chinese intrusion into Indian territory were to collect rare Himalayan fungus ‘Keeda Jadi’ (Cordyceps), the Indo-Pacific Centre for Strategic Communications ...

It's known as the Viagra of the Himalayas, and it can cost as much as $50,000 a pound. The world's most expensive fungus is known in Tibetan as... Yartsa gunbu (Cordyceps Sinensis) sliced in half.

The FINANCIAL — A new industry-academic partnership between the University of Oxford and biopharmaceutical company NuCana as found that chemotherapy drug NUC-7738, derived from a Himalayan fungus, has ...

Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the University of Southampton, and specializes in animal behavior, evolution, palaeontology, and the environment. Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the ...

Yarsa gunbu, better known outside Nepal as the Himalayan Viagra, accounts for two-fifths of the country’s non-timber exports. Every year, hundreds of thousands of Nepalis head for the hilly regions to ...

A trial to tackle the invasive Himalayan balsam plant using a fungal infection has shown "early success". Yorkshire Wildlife Trust (YWT) said the plant, which has a native range in India and Pakistan, ...

In the produce aisle at your local grocery story, button mushrooms go for about $4 a pound, Shitakes cost about twice that, and black truffles can run $800 a pound. But that's nothing compared to a ...