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

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

Scientists in Europe have identified a previously unknown species of fungus ... its spores. The newly discovered species, named Gibellula attenboroughii, acts in a similar way as the zombie ...

Researchers have found a new species of fungi that infects spiders turning them into 'zombies' in Ireland and Northern ...

Named for David Attenborough, this fungus forces spiders away from their webs before sprouting from their bodies.

and showers spores upon its brethren below. It's the fungus that inspired The Last of Us, a popular video game and television series about a fungi-fuelled zombie apocalypse. Tim Fogg collected ...