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 ...

Your skin is your largest organ, and has two distinct parts: the epidermis on the outside, and the dermis on the inside.

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

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

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 ...

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 ...

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

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

Mosquitoes have long been among humanity’s most formidable adversaries, plaguing us for thousands of years and causing more ...

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