Scientists have discovered a fungus that turns spiders into “zombies,” luring the arachnids out of their lairs before killing ...

A newly discovered species of fungus takes control of cave-dwelling spiders in Ireland and Northern Ireland, similar to the ...

In this week’s Science for All newsletter, Priyali Prakash writes about a newly discovered type of fungus that turns spiders ...

Zombie horror series The Last of Us might feel a little more real after you learn about a fungus that infects cave spiders ...

“Ants—like us—have biological clocks ... “One thing that we found was that the fungus invades the brain in a very creepy and stereotyped pattern,” she continued. “In the brains of flies that are ...

It's the stuff of nightmares - or even the hit TV show and video game The Last of Us: a novel fungus that turns its hosts ...

Learn more about the newly identified fungus that is taking over spiders and why it's similar to the Cordyceps fungi that ...

The fungus then changes to a new phase and consumes the ant's organs, including its brain. The spores fall on healthy ants ...

A novel fungus that turns its hosts into 'zombies' has been found in spiders in the White Father's Caves between Cavan and ...

Ants will groom their fungus-infected nestmates more, which promotes minor fungal infections that spur a fungus-specific immune response, similar to “chickenpox parties” popular before the development ...