The spiders, which are most commonly known to hide themselves away, begin to act irregularly when they contract the fungus.

While filming a documentary in Northern Ireland, a team of scientists discovered a new fungus that appears to manipulate ...

The work is published in the journal Fungal Systematics and Evolution. Based on both morphological ... were found in cave systems in both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, as well ...

Scientists identified a new fungus, Gibellula attenboroughii, infecting cave spiders in Ireland. The fungus manipulates ...

GSA has refinanced four PBSA assets in Dublin as the country's largest student accommodation provider continues to back its ...

A fungus named in honour of Sir David Attenborough has been found infecting and manipulating spiders in a Northern Ireland ...

The newly discovered fungal species responsible for their zombification has been named Gibellula attenboroughii, in honour of ...

A new fungus, Gibellula attenboroughii, was discovered on spiders in Irish caves. It changes their behavior, similar to ...

Dr. Harry Evans, Emeritus Fellow at CAB International, led scientists—including from the Natural History Museum of Denmark ...

It was found to display the creepy properties seen in zombie-ant fungi, insect-pathogenic fungi that infect and manipulate ...