A deadly, drug-resistant fungus has been reported in 27 U.S. states, including California, according to federal data. (Martha ...

A team of researchers at West Virginia University in 2019 discovered that Massospora cicadina, a psychedelic fungus that specifically infects periodical cicadas, “contains chemicals similar to those ...

A fungal disease could soon bring infected cicadas to your backyard. Massospora cicadina is a fungal pathogen that infects only 13- and 17-year periodical cicadas, like this year's Brood XIV.The ...

This deadly fungus can cause skin or bloodstream infections.

Fungus named after David Attenborough turning Irish spiders into 'zombies’ - Findings point to hidden diversity of this class ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Restricting infection to 2 spider families creates a host-specific threat across 1,300 species. Infected orb spiders ...

Cordyceps are parasitic fungi that usually attack insects, arthropods, or other fungi. Essentially, the Cordyceps fungus doesn’t tend to bug us too much in real life. However, in The Last of Us, a ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... A fungus that has killed millions of bats has for the first time been found in bats on both sides of the continental divide in Rocky Mountain National Park, ...

Restricting infection to 2 spider families creates a host-specific threat across 1,300 species. Infected orb spiders counter-intuitively abandon reclusive hiding spots for lethal, high-visibility ...

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.