A new fungal species found in Northern Ireland targets orb-weaving spiders, altering their behavior and creating a “zombie” ...

Zombie horror series The Last of Us might feel a little more real after you learn about a fungus that infects cave spiders ...

In an Irish cave, a TV crew found a dead spider covered with a fungus. The fungus turned out to be a new species that turned ...

It's the stuff of nightmares - or even the hit TV show and video game The Last of Us: a novel fungus that turns its hosts ...

Scientists have discovered a new fungus, Gibellula attenboroughii, that turns reclusive Irish cave spiders into zombies.

A new fungus that infects cave spiders and turns them into "zombies" was discovered in a Victorian gunpowder store at Castle ...

The newly discovered fungal species responsible for their zombification has been named Gibellula attenboroughii, in honour of ...

Scientists identified a new fungus, Gibellula attenboroughii, infecting cave spiders in Ireland. The fungus manipulates ...

A new fungus, Gibellula attenboroughii, was discovered on spiders in Irish caves. It changes their behavior, similar to ...

The new fungus, Gibellula attenboroughii, found in Northern Ireland, has been officially recognized by scientists in a recent ...

The spiders, which are most commonly known to hide themselves away, begin to act irregularly when they contract the fungus.

Researchers collected samples of the infected spiders and conducted DNA analysis, confirming that they had discovered a ...