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

“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 ...

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 ...

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HBO's The Last of Us depicts a "zombie fungus" which has led the world into ... species that have the ability to infect a number of insects, however only 35 have been found to have the ability ...

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 ...

The ability to turn insects into “zombies” served as inspiration for the video game’s creators. As for cordyceps’ affect on humans, the fungus has been used in herbal medicine, and Four ...