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

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.

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

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

The discovery of so-called ‘zombie spiders’ in a network of caves that lie beneath an Irish prison has caught the attention ...

The new fungus, Gibellula attenboroughii, found in Northern Ireland, has been officially recognized by scientists in a recent ...

Researchers collected samples of the infected spiders and conducted DNA analysis, confirming that they had discovered a ...

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

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

A fungus named in honour of Sir David Attenborough has been found infecting and manipulating spiders in a Northern Ireland ...