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 ...

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 novel fungus that turns its hosts into ‘zombie spiders’ has been found on the UK and Ireland border. Spiders located in several cave systems across the island of Ireland, including Whitefathers’ ...

A new fungus that infects cave spiders and turns them into "zombies" was discovered in a Victorian gunpowder store at Castle Espie in Northern Ireland during filming for a TV show.

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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Credit: Ian Suzuki – CC BY 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons. Researchers have found a new species of fungi that infects spiders and turns them into ‘zombies’ in a cave system in Ireland. The fungi are known ...

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 ...

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 ...

Ireland is the only place where a unique fungus has been found that infects reclusive spiders in dark caves and turns them into “zombie-like” creatures, according to cave explorer Tim Fogg.

FERMANAGH has hit the headlines again this week, this time with a story few would have seen coming – zombie spiders! Fans of either wildlife documentaries or the horror franchise The Last of Us will ...