to make the spider favour the dispersal of the fungal spores over preserving its own life. Scientists say the behaviour of the fungus mirrors that of ants infected by fungi of the genus ...

HBO’s The Last of Us might be a dystopian thrill ride, but how real is its core concept that a fungus could hijack the human ...

Learn how some fungi turn insects into zombies, others infect humans, and how they can't be killed with drugs.

Season two of The Last Of Us is here – and yep, the fungus is still freaking us out. The HBO hit shows a world destroyed by a ...

These eerie, white-foamed spiders are infected by a parasitic, entomopathogenic fungus that takes control of their brains and bodies, putting them into a zombie-like state. Slowly but surely ...

The parasite basically forms its own nervous system of fungal cells, which allow it to control the ants’ muscles like a puppet. The infected ant ... that uses zombie-spider labor to build ...

Sightings have been made of newly discovered fungus crazy creatures in the country. The white-foamed spiders are infected by a parasitic, entomopathogenic fungus which takes control of both their ...

Sightings have been made of newly discovered fungus crazy creatures in the country. The white-foamed spiders are infected by a parasitic, entomopathogenic fungus which takes control of both their ...