A new species of fungi which infects spiders and turns them into The Last of Us-style “zombies” has been discovered in Irish ...

This evolutionary strategy has been made famous by the zombie ant fungus Ophiocordyceps, which inspired the video game and HBO show “The Last of Us.” This spider version is only distantly ...

A new zombie pathogen has been discovered in Ireland. This insidious fungus infects cave spiders and alters their behavior to help spread its spores to new victims. Later expeditions found similar ...

While filming a documentary in Northern Ireland, a team of scientists discovered a new fungus that appears to manipulate spiders’ behavior–and turn them into “zombies.” The fungus named ...

Ahead of the return of the hit fungus-zombie horror series The Last of Us, scientists announced the discovery of a species of fungus that turns spiders into zombies. Don’t worry. It doesn’t ...

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 into "zombies". Thankfully, so far, it's only been found in spiders ...

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