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

Have you ever come across a National Geographic article that you could hardly believe? I was shocked when I saw the images of a parasite fungus being able to control other insects. Welcome to the ...

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

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 ...

Cordyceps is a genus of parasitic fungi known for infecting insects and taking over their bodies. It manipulates the host’s ...

Phytoplasma uses SAP54 protein to alter plant defences Female insects prefer infected plants with male presence Parasite transmission linked to plant-insect interactions ...

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 ...

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

A fungus that turns spiders into zombies has been found in cave systems in Ireland. Based on morphological and molecular ...

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 ...