After posting his discovery online, Jenkins was told that the creatures were infected with a ‘zombie parasite’ – an ...

To the casual observer, the motivations that drive insect behaviors may appear quite simple ... While Ophiocordyceps is likely the best-known zombie fungus, it’s certainly not the only one. “This ...

“Actually, we can hypothesize that they keep the forest in balance,” he added, pointing to the case of the zombie ant fungi. Scientists have documented the lethal parasite regulating the ...

After posting images of his find online, he was told the spiders had been infected with a ‘zombie parasite’ – the entomopathogenic fungus. Gareth Jenkins was working in a garden in Wanstead ...