An old storm drain in Minneapolis. A damp cottage in Ontario. Underneath a house in New Zealand. In everyday encounters around the globe, people are getting a fright by a Halloween-worthy sight: the ...

A parasitic fungus is creating so-called zombie spiders from the United Kingdom to Minnesota. Scientists say the fungus progressively eats away at the arachnids, leaving behind only crusty white ...

A new zombie pathogen has been discovered in Ireland. This insidious fungus infects cave spiders and alters their behavior to help spread its spores to new victims. Later expeditions found similar ...

(CNN) — Scientists in Europe have identified a previously unknown species of fungus that turns cave spiders into “zombies.” The fungus lures them out of their webs before instigating an untimely death ...

Deep in the caves of Ireland, scientists have discovered a mind-altering parasite that takes control of spiders, forcing them to abandon their webs before ultimately meeting a gruesome end. This newly ...

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