Mindy Weisberger's new book details the crafty worms, fungi, and other parasites that have learned to mind-control their ...

NANJING -- An international paleontological team led by Chinese scientists has discovered two new species of parasitic fungus, preserved in approximately 100-million-year-old Kachin amber from ...

Tibetan Plateau, a rare fungus grows inside dead caterpillars. In traditional Chinese medicine, this parasitic fungus is ...

Among the species digitised by the Kew team is Gibellula attenboroughii - or David Attenborough's "zombie fungus" - named after first being spotted on an episode of BBC's Winterwatch in 2021, having ...

The parasitic fungus Ophiocordyceps unilateralis, commonly known as the zombie-ant fungus, infects ants and manipulates their behavior, compelling them to ascend vegetation and clamp onto leaves in a ...

Infection-causing fungi responsible for millions of deaths a year will spread significantly to new regions as the planet ...

Climate change may be putting millions more people at risk from an infection-causing fungi, which is likely spreading due to ...

Fraud mutates on the daily. The IRS says the impersonation of government entities could alone cost upwards of $800 million in ...

A new study tracks the proliferation of fungal pathogens among various climate change scenarios—and it’s not good news.

Aspergillus fungus thrives because its genome bends easily to new pressures. It lives on soil, grains, animal feathers, even ...

Do ants poop? Discover how these social insects have developed ingenious methods to manage their waste.