Learn more about some of the amazing features of fungi, including being the largest organism in the world and improving ...

Cordyceps fungi are parasitic organisms that survive by infecting insects and chemically hijacking their nervous systems to control their behavior . After spores attach to an insect’s body, the fungus ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — “Zombie Cicadas” may sound like something from a bad science fiction movie, but a parasitic fungus is infecting periodical cicadas. The infection looks gruesome, with large ...

A newly identified fungus in Northern Ireland appears to manipulate spider behavior, eerily turning them into “zombies” ...

As if the world today isn't strange enough, researchers have discovered a new population of cicadas that are being brutally infected by a parasitic fungus that controls their mind and forces them to ...

We’ve all heard the horror stories about zombies feeding on people’s brains. But for cicadas, the horror isn’t such a stretch. A mind-controlling fungus is spreading among the insects across the South ...