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, ...

So that’s the zombie ant fungus. FLORA LICHTMAN: I just need to go a little deeper ... is that the first form of animal life that evolved was free living, and the second was a parasite. Because ...

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 ...

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 ...

The widespread use of antifungals, especially in farming, is reducing their effectiveness and making untreatable, fatal ...

"These patients are typically quite sick and require hospitalization." The Truth About 'Zombie Cicadas': 'The Fungus Can Do Some Nefarious Things' People who are elderly or have asthma are also at ...

And although some “zoonotic” diseases have evolved to spread between animals and humans ... similar to those reported for zombie ants,” according to the authors of a recent paper announcing the new ...

The insects from this group were last seen in 2008 and will appear across the eastern U.S. for a brief, dramatic frenzy of ...

Stevenson’s work focuses on mycoremediation, a technique that uses fungi to rehabilitate polluted land. Mycoremediation ...

When under threat by, say, a crab, some sea cucumber species shoot out their guts—their intestines and respiratory tracts, ...

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 ...