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Spiders living in the Amazon rainforest defend themselves from predators using an amazing variety of strategies. One newly ...

A spider species found in the Ecuadorian Amazon has evolved to look almost exactly like a dead spider overtaken by parasitic ...

This spider has developed a remarkable ability to mimic a parasitic fungus.

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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...