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

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 ...

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

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This week, astronomers reported the discovery of a super-Earth potentially capable of sustaining life, occupying an eccentric orbit around its star that oscillates in and out of the habitable zone.

Learn more about the newly identified fungus that is taking over spiders and why it's similar to the Cordyceps fungi that ...

Friend, I regret to inform you that ant nests are computers now. Which is to say, somebody's finally made a video game ...

The result is a more potent agent that the ants place throughout the structure to fight against bacterial and fungal pathogens. An ant carries an unfortunate honeybee it scavenged back to the ...

When a child develops a brain tumor, early diagnosis is essential. Alan Cohen, M.D., director of pediatric neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins Children’s Center, shares the most common signs and symptoms ...

Parasitic infections can invade practically any part of the body. Brain parasites, those that infect the central nervous system which includes the brain, are potentially the most damaging and the most ...

Image by wollertz via Depositphotos Ophiocordyceps unilateralis is a parasitic fungus that generally infects ants. The parasite consumes its way through the insects’ exoskeleton and infiltrates their ...

By embedding threads containing electrodes within the human brain, the company’s device allows paralyzed patients to engage with digital devices through their thoughts. Arbaugh, for example ...