The white stuff that engulfs these flies is a fungus called Entomophthora muscae—Entomophthora translates to “destroyer of insects ... the world working with “zombie” houseflies ...

A BBC documentary crew in Northern Ireland stumbled upon a fungus that hijacks spiders in an arachnid version of “The Last of Us.” ...

Researchers have found a new species of fungi that infects spiders turning them into 'zombies' in Ireland and Northern ...

While Ophiocordyceps is likely the best-known zombie fungus ... the nature of host-parasite interactions more broadly. From contributing to the fundamental understanding of the stranger corners of ...

Uncover the eerie world of zombie spiders. Learn about the fascinating behavior of these creatures and their unusual survival ...

Parasitic manipulation in insect hosts is a fascinating area ... to predict protein-protein interactions between the zombie ant fungus and its carpenter ant host. This research aims to identify ...

If you found the famous HBO series The Last of Us to be a closer-to-reality depiction of how a zombie outbreak ... body cavity of insects) where they proliferate. The fungus first extracts fats ...

This discovery sheds light on how parasitic fungi can control the behavior of their insect hosts ... notably the zombie-apocalypse video game and TV series "The Last of Us." ...

Chinese factories are producing thousands of tonnes of a "green zombie ... insects' hard exoskeletons and gradually poison them. In China it was named lu jiang jun, which means green zombie fungus ...

The "zombie fungus" in the show is based on cordyceps, a real type of fungus used in traditional Chinese medicine. Cordyceps primarily infects insects rather than humans. Cordyceps infects insects ...

It was found to display the creepy properties seen in zombie-ant fungi, insect-pathogenic fungi that infect and manipulate the behavior of ants. The idea inspired popular culture such as in the ...