Scientists have discovered a fungus that turns spiders into “zombies,” luring the arachnids out of their lairs before killing ...

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

A newly discovered species of fungus takes control of cave-dwelling spiders in Ireland and Northern Ireland, similar to the ...

In this week’s Science for All newsletter, Priyali Prakash writes about a newly discovered type of fungus that turns spiders ...

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

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

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

While filming a TV documentary inside an old Victorian gunpowder store in Northern Ireland, scientists made an intriguing discovery: cave spider "zombies" that were infected by a "Last of Us"-like ...

The scientists concluded that the "infected spiders exhibit behavioral changes similar to those reported for zombie ants," referring to an insect-pathogenic fungus that forces infected ants to ...