A BBC documentary crew in Northern Ireland stumbled upon a fungus that hijacks spiders in an arachnid version of “The Last of ...

A new species of fungus straight out of a nightmare has been found lurking on the ceiling of an abandoned gunpowder storeroom ...

Spiders, their venom and their silk pose many unsolved questions for science. A new study provides clues to better understand ...

Some parasites exist only in the eyes of the world’s oldest sharks, while researchers have been researching fungus that ...

A new species of fungus discovered in British and Irish caves turns spiders into “zombies,” forcing them to leave their ...

The spiders, which are most commonly known to hide themselves away, begin to act irregularly when they contract the fungus.

The Sydney funnel-web spider has extremely dangerous venom, but according to a new study this spider is actually three different species — one of which, the "Newcastle big boy," is much larger.

The team thinks that wall-pore sensilla evolved independently many times throughout spider evolution and were even lost in some lineages. Tip-pore sensilla were found in males and females ...

Zombie horror series The Last of Us might feel a little more real after you learn about a fungus that infects cave spiders ...

While filming a documentary in Northern Ireland, a team of scientists discovered a new fungus that appears to manipulate ...

Uncover the eerie world of zombie spiders. Learn about the fascinating behavior of these creatures and their unusual survival ...