In 1927, Robert Gordon Wasson and his wife, Valentina, spent their honeymoon in the Catskills in what would turn out to be a life-altering experience. On a walk through the woods, they came across a ...

In the misty mizzle of February on the Oregon coast, Merlin Sheldrake feels at home. Though he was born and raised in London, the biologist and award-winning author of “Entangled Life” toddled his ...

It’s time the world wakes up to these prolific wonders that can be found anywhere and everywhere Guy Kelly has been writing features, interviewing household names and, with mixed success, attempting ...

British biologist Merlin Sheldrake—renowned for his scientifically rigorous and lyrical explorations of fungal networks and interconnected life—is this year’s featured author for The Humanities ...

The world of fungi is utterly complex and virtually unknown to us, but biologist and writer Merlin Sheldrake is working on the second part. He not only studies the interconnected lives of plants, ...

The following is an excerpt from Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures by Merlin Sheldrake. Disclaimer: When you purchase products through the Bookshop.org ...

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Merlin Sheldrake, 34, received a PhD in tropical ecology from Cambridge university for his work on underground fungal ...

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. Scientists, cooks, writers and artists have for centuries known about fungi, but mainly because of ...

What can we learn from fungi? How might we work with them to adapt to the radical change of our times? What secrets lie beneath our feet? This December, audiences in Auckland and Australia will have ...

Björk has narrated a 3D film for IMAX about Fungi. Fungi: Web of Life, shot mostly in time-lapse, is presented by fungi expert Merlin Sheldrake and, with the Icelandic singer’s narration, lays bare ...