Sykes observed Pheidole providens bring rain-soaked grass seeds and grains of Guinea Corn out of the nest and place them on the grass to dry. He called them “Harvester ants”. These species regularly ...

A new species of parasitic fungus has been discovered turning orb-weaving spiders into zombies in the British Isles.

A new zombie pathogen has been discovered in Ireland. This insidious fungus infects cave spiders and alters their behavior to ...

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

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

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

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

Behavioural-changing metabolites, such as dopamine, have since been identified in cultures of zombie-ant fungi ... in the British Isles, including a new zombie species on orb-weaving cave spiders ...

A recent study investigated the identity of a fungus found on a spider during filming of the BBC Winterwatch series in Northern Ireland.

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