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The new fungus Gibellula attenboroughii on the orb-weaving cave spider. Credit: CABI. A newly discovered fungus that turns spiders into “zombies” has been found in caves across Northern ...

So-called "zombie spiders" have been discovered in a cave between Co Cavan and Co Fermanagh. They were found by speleologist Tim Fogg in the White Father's Cave. Speaking on RTÉ’s Morning ...

So-called “zombie spiders” have been discovered in a cave in Cavan. The phenomenon, which sees common cave spiders become “zombies” after their central nervous systems are infected by fungi, was first ...

A new fungus in Ireland manipulates and kills cave spiders. Gibellula attenboroughii forces spiders out before killing them. Scientists believe it may have medicinal potential.

This week it was revealed spiders found in a cave here in Fermanagh have been infected by such a fungus, known as ‘Gibellula attenboroughii’. The fungus was named for the famous British naturalist ...

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 ...