Student journalist Taryn Pollock explains what the ophiocordyceps unilateralis fungus is and why it is commonly called the ...

The newly discovered species, named Gibellula attenboroughii, acts in a similar way as the zombie ant fungus, seemingly manipulating its prey to move to a more suitable spot for the fungus to ...

“Ants—like us—have biological clocks ... While Ophiocordyceps is likely the best-known zombie fungus, it’s certainly not the only one. “This happens so much in nature, maybe more than we [will] ever ...