YORK COUNTY, Pa. (WHTM) — A fairy ring popped up in my yard this year. Fairy rings are also called fairy circles, elf circles, elf rings, or pixie rings. They can be found across the globe. The rings ...

The "artists" behind bizarre, barren, grassless rings dotting the desert of Southwest Africa have been found lurking right at scientists' feet: termites. Known as fairy circles, these patches crop up ...

Unusual bare circles in the grasslands of Australia and the Namib Desert called "fairy circles" aren't the work of termites, new research suggests. Fairy circles are a long-standing mystery. Some ...

Have you ever been walking in the woods and stumbled across a perfect ring of mushrooms? These curious fungal displays are ...

There's a mystery in West Africa that's puzzled scientists for years. Strange circles of bare soil appear in grassland; they're commonly called "fairy circles." These naturally occurring shapes last ...

Fig. 1: A new study by the University of Vienna explains why "fairy circles" – circular areas where vegetation is damaged, as seen here in the São Francisco Basin in Brazil – subside and how their ...

Retired pipefitter Mike Ode Sr., looked into his backyard in rural Taylor Ridge and saw something he'd never seen before — a giant fungal growth about as big as two bowling balls sitting side by side.