Getty According to the University of Connecticut, the illness "turns infected cicadas into 'zombie insects' that disperse more fungus by causing males infected with Stage I to produce wing-flick ...
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The newly discovered species, named Gibellula attenboroughii, acts in a similar way as the zombie ant fungus, seemingly manipulating its prey to move to a more suitable spot for the fungus to ...
Scientists say the behaviour of the fungus mirrors that of ants infected by fungi of the genus Ophiocordyceps, previously reported from the Atlantic rainforest of Brazil. The story of the "zombie ...
Chinese factories are producing thousands of tonnes of a "green zombie fungus" to help fight the swarms of locusts plaguing east Africa. Metarhizium is a genus of fungi with nearly 50 species ...
At least 10% of Midwest cicadas were infected with Massospora cicadina, a sexually transmitted fungus in the 2020 brood. Will ...
US Supreme Court won't let Trump withhold payment to foreign aid groups A divided U.S. Supreme Court declined on Wednesday to let President Donald Trump's administration withhold payment to ...
(CNN) — Scientists in Europe have identified a previously unknown species of fungus that turns cave spiders into “zombies.” The fungus lures them out of their webs before instigating an ...