A BBC documentary crew in Northern Ireland stumbled upon a fungus that hijacks spiders in an arachnid version of “The Last of Us.” ...

DNA analysis reveals the big, flightless moa birds ate — and pooped out — 13 kinds of fungi, including ones crucial for New Zealand’s forest ecosystem.

Zombie horror series The Last of Us might feel a little more real after you learn about a fungus that infects cave spiders ...

A new species of fungus straight out of a nightmare has been found lurking on the ceiling of an abandoned gunpowder storeroom ...

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

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

A new species of fungus discovered in British and Irish caves turns spiders into “zombies,” forcing them to leave their ...