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

A new fungus species in Europe, Gibellula attenboroughii, transforms cave spiders into 'zombies.' This fungus manipulates ...

The new fungus, Gibellula attenboroughii, found in Northern Ireland, has been officially recognized by scientists in a recent ...

While filming a TV documentary inside an old Victorian gunpowder store in Northern Ireland, scientists made an intriguing ...

Ahead of the return of the hit fungus-zombie horror series The Last ... The infected spiders altered their usual routines. The first “zombie” spider was found on the ceiling of an abandoned ...

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

A new zombie pathogen ... this fungus hacks the brain of its host, driving the normally shy spiders out of their lairs and webs to an exposed surface. Once there, the spider will die, giving ...

The freaky fungus was first spotted on an orb-weaving spider (Metellina merianae) by a team filming a BBC documentary series in Northern Ireland in 2021. (It was also later found in the Republic ...

The fungus changes the spider's behaviour ... reported from the Atlantic rainforest of Brazil. The story of the "zombie ants" led to a number of zombie-fungus themed books, as well as the hugely ...

The authors noted that this behavior was consistent with the famous "zombie-ant" fungus. The researchers said they believe the fungus does this to be closer to airflow, so that its spores may be ...

While filming a TV documentary inside an old Victorian gunpowder store in Northern Ireland, scientists made an intriguing discovery: cave spider "zombies ... to those reported for zombie ants," ...

The fungus changes ... fungus-infected zombie humans, was later adapted into an award-winning TV show starring Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey. After finding the fungus on a spider in the gunpowder ...