The new fungus species Gibellula attenboroughii forces reclusive cave spiders to exposed areas, likely to benefit spore dispersal.

A new species of fungus straight out of a nightmare has been found lurking on the ceiling of an abandoned gunpowder storeroom ...

Fungus named after David Attenborough turning Irish spiders into 'zombies’ - Findings point to hidden diversity of this class ...

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 species of fungus discovered in British and Irish caves turns spiders into “zombies,” forcing them to leave their ...

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 ...

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

DNA analysis reveals the big, flightless moa birds ate — and pooped out — 13 kinds of fungi, including ones crucial for New Zealand’s forest ecosystem.

While filming a TV documentary inside an old Victorian gunpowder store in Northern Ireland, scientists made an intriguing ...

leading to the spiders favouring the dispersal of the fungal spores over their own lives. “The fact that Gibellula-infected spiders are found in prominent positions on the roof or ceiling of ...

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

facilitating the release and dispersal of fungal spores. “Infected spiders exhibit behavioural changes similar to those reported for zombie ants,” scientists write in the study. The fungi ...