It’s the stuff of horror - parasites that take control of a hapless victim’s brain before killing it and using the corpse to ...

Mechanisms of Fruit Fly Behavioral Manipulation by the Killer Fungus Entomophthora muscae" on Feb. 13 as part of the Department of Biology Seminar Series. Elya, an an assistant professor in the ...

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

Dr Harry Evans, Emeritus Fellow at CAB International, led scientists – including from the Natural History Museum of Denmark ...

I’m watching the United States fall to fascism in real time and yet the alarm bell that I, and so many others, are ringing is being ignored by the majority of the country. Republicans are all-in ...

I'm watching the United States fall to fascism. Republicans are all-in on Team Fascism. That's a lost cause. But where are ...

A newly discovered species of fungus takes control of cave-dwelling spiders in Ireland and Northern Ireland, similar to the ...

The scientists concluded that the "infected spiders exhibit behavioral changes similar to those reported for zombie ants," ...

Scientists uncover fungi in Irish caves that can control insects, turning them into "zombies" before spreading spores. A ...

Scientists have discovered a fungal species that infects spiders and appears to control their behavior, compelling them to leave their usual hiding places before succumbing to the deadly infection.

Spiders infected with a brain-controlling fungus have been discovered in a Fermanagh cave.

The Zombie-Ant Fungus Ophiocordyceps unilateralis ... Lately, scientists have made several exciting discoveries in the insect world, uncovering new behaviors, evolutionary insights, and the effects of ...