A fungus that turns worker ants into zombie henchmen has a surprisingly clever strategy to recruit new hosts. The parasite doesn't attack the nest directly. Rather, the fungus leads ants to their ...

A parasitic fungus that must kill its ant hosts outside their nest to reproduce and transmit their infection, manipulates its victims to die in the vicinity of the colony, ensuring a constant supply ...

Some scientists have reassured "The Last Of Us" fans that the grim Cordyceps scenario will remain relegated to television.

H. S. Chae, G. E. Jang, N. H. Kim, H. R. Son, J. H. Lee, S. H. Kim, G. N. Park, H. J. Jo, J. T. Kim and K. S. Chang Cryptococcus neoformans (C. neoformans) is a ...

For centuries we have believed that humans were unique in our ability to farm and cultivate our own food. However, it turns out that ants grow their own food too. Have you ever seen a trail of ants ...

Mycologist Paul Stamets calls fungi “the soil magicians of nature.” He says they were the first organisms to come to land 1.3 billion years ago. Stamets has spent his career searching for ways to ...

The honeybee can really use a little leg up. Since 2006 and the first discovery of Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) in North America, honeybee losses have continued to reach alarming rates, suffering on ...