De Fine Licht is keen for the zombie fly-fungus system to be taught in schools, to draw in younger science enthusiasts. He and Edwards recently published instructions on how to observe the zombify ...

Keep reading to find out who is at risk of being infected by the Gibellula fungus and what everyone should know about the ...

A new zombie pathogen has been discovered in Ireland. This insidious fungus infects cave spiders ... them build a special cocoon web for the wasp larvae – which then eat the spider before ...

Scientists say the behaviour of the fungus mirrors that of ants infected by fungi of the genus Ophiocordyceps, previously reported from the Atlantic rainforest of Brazil. The story of the "zombie ...