A new fungus, Gibellula attenboroughii, was discovered on spiders in Irish caves. It changes their behavior, similar to ...

The fungus then changes to a new phase and consumes the ant's organs, including its brain. The spores fall on healthy ants ...

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

Scientists identified a new fungus, Gibellula attenboroughii, infecting cave spiders in Ireland. The fungus manipulates ...

“Ants—like us—have biological clocks ... “One thing that we found was that the fungus invades the brain in a very creepy and stereotyped pattern,” she continued. “In the brains of flies that are ...

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

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

Thankfully, so far, it's only been found in spiders located in several cave systems across the island of Ireland, including the Whitefathers' Caves on the Fermanagh/Cavan border. Named after Sir David ...

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

According to the authors, the spiders appeared to have left their webs or lairs and migrated to die when exposed to the fungus. This behavior is similar to what is seen in ants who are infected by ...

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

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