A wagging tail is the universal sign of a happy dog, especially for a rusty golden retriever named Rye. It's his "tell-tail" ...

White piedra is a superficial fungal infection of the hair. Several species of fungus that live in soil or dirty water can cause it. Piedra is the Spanish word for stone. White piedra appears as ...

Fungal genetics is the study of the mechanisms of heritable information in fungi. Yeasts and filamentous fungi are extensively used as model organisms for eukaryotic genetic research, including ...

The new fungus Gibellula attenboroughii on the orb-weaving cave spider. Credit: CABI Scientists identified a new fungus, Gibellula attenboroughii, infecting cave spiders in Ireland. The fungus ...

Scientists have discovered a new fungus straight out of a horror or sci-fi flick that lures reclusive Irish cave spiders from the safety of their liars and turns them into zombies. Named G.

The infected spiders - seen here with the fungus over its head and body - have been found in several cave systems across the island of Ireland It's the stuff of nightmares - or even the hit TV ...

TL;DR: A new fungus, G. attenboroughii, discovered in Northern Ireland, infects spiders, causing zombie-like effects similar to the zombie-ant fungus. It alters spider behavior to spread spores ...

A new zombie pathogen has been discovered in Ireland. This insidious fungus infects cave spiders and alters their behavior to help spread its spores to new victims. Later expeditions found similar ...

A new fungus that infects cave spiders and turns them into "zombies" was discovered in a Victorian gunpowder store at Castle Espie in Northern Ireland during filming for a TV show.

While filming a documentary in Northern Ireland, a team of scientists discovered a new fungus that appears to manipulate spiders’ behavior–and turn them into “zombies.” The fungus named ...

By James Poniewozik From “The Last of Us” to athlete’s foot commercials, fungus does not have the best of reputations on television. But what if it could save us all? “Common Side Effects ...

In 2019, state health officials released the first-ever list of hospitals and nursing homes in New York that treated patients harboring Candida auris, the deadly drug-resistant fungus. That list ...