It’s the stuff of horror - parasites that take control of a hapless victim’s brain before killing it and using the corpse to ...

A BBC documentary crew in Northern Ireland stumbled upon a fungus that hijacks spiders in an arachnid version of “The Last of ...

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

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

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 into "zombies". Thankfully, so far, it's only been found in spiders located in ...

The fungus is host-specific ... occurring in ants that inspired the infection in The Last of Us. You can add a new fear to the list, as a similar parasite was discovered in spiders located ...

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

HBO has released three new character posters fo Season 2, and they’ve announced that the new season will premiere on April ...

Scientists have discovered a new fungus, Gibellula attenboroughii, that turns reclusive Irish cave spiders into zombies.

Season 2 will officially air on HBO, Max, Binge and other global streamers from 13 April. Here's what to know.