Fungus Image via Depositphotos. Nature is full of fascinating and sometimes eerie phenomena, but few are as intriguing as the “zombie fungus” that manipulates the behavior of its hosts. This fungus, ...

Cicadas don’t bite or sting and are more of a nuisance than a danger. Cicadas aren't poisonous if a pet ingests a few. But ...

Lions and tigers and ... glowing roaches? Oh my. Stinky, slimy, smelly creatures Mother Nature offers some of the most ...

The reason why certain animals urinate in jets ... The phrase "zombie cicadas" refers to cicadas that have contracted the fungus Massospora cicadina, which might cause them to behave strangely ...

And like animals, they cannot make their own food via photosynthesis ... The spores of one species of fungus – Ophiocordyceps unilateralis aka the zombie ant fungus – can be a complete nightmare for ...

Among the species digitised by the Kew team is Gibellula attenboroughii - or David Attenborough's "zombie fungus" - named after first being spotted on an episode of BBC's Winterwatch in 2021 ...

Among the species digitised by the Kew team is Gibellula attenboroughii - or David Attenborough's "zombie fungus" - named after first being spotted on an episode of BBC's Winterwatch in 2021, having ...

"Zombie spiders" and Darwin's HMS Beagle collection are among the fungi being digitally archived by scientists at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Kew's Fungarium, an archive beneath the west ...