To toss that block of cheddar or not? That is the question. You know what will stop you in your tracks when scrolling through Instagram? A block of moldy cheese. It’s a tragedy to behold — one I’ve ...

The mold on the rind of Bayley Hazen Blue cheese: the original green and the evolved white several years later. “This was really exciting because we thought it could be an example of evolution ...

In a Vermont cheese cave, green mold turned white in just eight years. Genetic shifts reveal how microbes adapt quickly to dark, stable conditions.

We’ve all been there: You go to the fridge for a small mid-afternoon charcuterie board, grab your favorite hunk of cheese, and then comes the bad news. It’s moldy. While there are hacks out there to ...

Many scientific discoveries are serendipitous—the result of chance. Seeing evolution in action in a cheese cave turned out to ...