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

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 ...

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

A novel fungus that turns its hosts into 'zombies' has been found in spiders in the White Father's Caves between Cavan and ...

These typically reclusive creatures had abandoned their usual hiding spots or webs, and migrated to exposed areas before dying. This behavior mirrors what has been observed in ants that are similarly ...

Credit: CABI Scientists identified a new fungus, Gibellula attenboroughii, infecting cave spiders in Ireland. The fungus manipulates spider behavior, resembling “zombie-ant fungi.” Dr. Harry Evans, ...

A novel fungus named after David Attenborough that turns its hosts into 'zombie spiders' has been found on the UK and Ireland border.

Scientists determined that the fungi controlled the spiders, preventing them from avoiding these dangerous situations. This behavior is not unprecedented in nature, as Brazilian ants infected by ...

Spiders infected with a brain-controlling fungus have been discovered in a Fermanagh cave.