WALLINGFORD, England — A new species of fungus discovered in British and Irish caves turns spiders into “zombies,” forcing them to leave their hiding spots and move into the open before killing them.

A fungus that turns spiders into zombies sounds like something straight out of a horror movie. Both arachnophobes and people with a healthy fear of spiders shudder at the idea that some spiders lose ...

The popular video game series turned HBO series, “The Last of Us,” is about a terrifying fungus that infects humans, turning them into zombies. This concept is based on a well-known fungus that ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The newfound species of zombie spider fungus, Gibellula attenboroughii, lures cave spiders out of their lairs before killing them, ...

A fungus named in honour of Sir David Attenborough has been found infecting and manipulating spiders in a Northern Ireland cave turning them into The Last of Us-style “zombies”. Researchers, including ...

Dr Harry Evans, Emeritus Fellow at CAB International, led scientists in a study to investigate the identity of a fungus found on a spider during filming of the BBC Wi Dr Harry Evans, Emeritus Fellow ...

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A fungus named in honor of Sir David Attenborough is warping the bodies and even minds of spiders in Ireland. Researchers found that many Metellina merianae spiders across Ireland have become infected ...

NORTHERN IRELAND (WKRC) - A recent study discovered a new species of fungus that infects cave spiders and turns them into spore-spreading zombies. The researchers behind the study, which was published ...