More than three dozen live beetles, nearly the length of the average human hand, were discovered at a Southern California airport during a routine inspection, federal authorities announced Wednesday.

The new fungus Gibellula attenboroughii on the orb ... Similar behavior-altering compounds, such as dopamine, have been found in other “zombie fungi.” A hidden world of spider-killing fungi ...

A new species of fungus straight out of a nightmare has been found lurking on the ceiling of an abandoned gunpowder storeroom in Northern Ireland, enmeshed in the body of an unlucky spider host. The ...

The discovery prompted the study that found further examples of the 'zombie spiders' covered in the same fungus in caves between Cavan and Fermanagh. All the infected spiders were positioned on the ...