Researchers have highlighted a new type of mind-altering parasite that takes over spiders and changes how they act.

Zombie horror series The Last of Us might feel a little more real after you learn about a fungus that infects cave spiders ...

A new fungus that infects cave spiders and turns them into "zombies" was discovered in a Victorian gunpowder store at Castle ...

Fungus-infected 'zombie spiders' discovered in Irish caves - The newly discovered fungal species responsible for their ...

A new fungus, Gibellula attenboroughii, was discovered on spiders in Irish caves. It changes their behavior, similar to ...

While filming a documentary in Northern Ireland, a team of scientists discovered a new fungus that appears to manipulate ...

The spiders, which are most commonly known to hide themselves away, begin to act irregularly when they contract the fungus.

In an Irish cave, a TV crew found a dead spider covered with a fungus. The fungus turned out to be a new species that turned ...

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

A new zombie pathogen has been discovered in Ireland. This insidious fungus infects cave spiders and alters their behavior to ...

It's the stuff of nightmares - or even the hit TV show and video game The Last of Us: a novel fungus that turns its hosts ...

Ireland is the only place where a unique fungus has been found that infects reclusive spiders in dark caves and turns them ...