While filming a documentary in Northern Ireland, a team of scientists discovered a new fungus that appears to manipulate ...

Scientists have discovered a fungus that turns spiders into “zombies,” luring the arachnids out of their lairs before killing them and using their corpses to spread.

you’ve either heard a similar story about how the ophiocordyceps fungus genus preys on ants – or played/watched the video game/TV series The Last of Us, which imagines a zombie apocalypse ...

Scientists identified a new fungus, Gibellula attenboroughii, infecting cave spiders in Ireland. The fungus manipulates ...

Scientists have seen similar behavior in ants infected with certain types of fungi in Brazilian rainforests. The fungus benefits from zombie-fying its host and driving it into more open areas.