An ant and fly from the Cretaceous period offer insights into the history of Ophiocordyceps, the fungal parasite made popular ...

Some of the most intriguing science fiction springs from eerie, real-life phenomena. Case in point, the mutant parasite in ...

Long before humans walked the Earth, while dinosaurs were still roaming the land, a parasitic fungus hijacked the mind of a ...

This week, see zombie fungi trapped in an amber fossil, explore the sun’s hidden south pole, meet tool-using whales that ...

99 million-year-old amber reveals a ‘zombie fungus’ that controlled insects’ behaviour, proving nature’s horror stories ...

Scientists have caught ancient parasitic fungi in the act of bursting from insect hosts, in dramatic scenes frozen in amber.

A 99 million-year-old amber fossil reveals a fly infected by a zombie fungus, alongside a young ant with a similar infection.

Scientists have made a haunting and oddly poetic discovery that shows that even tens of millions of years ago, life — and ...

A glob of 99 million-year-old amber has preserved an ancient fly in horror show fashion: with the mushroom-like fruiting body ...

Before humans even walked on th earth, a fungus was creating zombies. Scientists have uncovered a haunting scene frozen in 99 ...

The popular video game and television franchise "The Last of Us" features a post-apocalyptic world where humans are infected by Cordyceps – a fungus that infects the brain and body, turning its hosts ...

The study, led by Zhuang, used 3D scans and microscopes to analyse the fossils. Zhuang said the find is rare and helps us ...