Scientists have discovered two new species of ancient parasitic fungi preserved in amber dating back 99 million years. The fungi were growing out of the bodies of host insects that became trapped in ...

Scientists have discovered two new species of ancient parasitic fungi preserved in amber dating back 99 million years. The ...

Zombie fungi were already controlling insects 100 million years ago, according to a recent study of fossils trapped in ...

Fly factory opening in Texas as part of US fight against flesh-eating parasite The U.S. government plans to open what amounts to a fly factory by the end of the year to breed millions of the ...

The cordyceps species in "The Last of Us," Ophiocordyceps unilateralis, is real and does exactly what the show purports —just ...

Two bits of amber discovered in a lab basement hold ancient evidence of a fungi famous for controlling the minds of its victims.

What’s the difference between an insect and a bug? Who buzzes in the grass? And what does a ladybug have to do with a lady?

The federal government is going to take millions of sterile flies and dump them on Texas in the hopes that they'll kill off a ...

Researchers analyzed the fossils using optical microscopes, looking both at the fungi and the insects they had infected. Then ...

The US plans to open a fly factory in Texas as part of its fight against a flesh-eating parasite The U.S. government plans to open what amounts to a fly factory by the end of the year to breed ...

This phenomenon is known as Flying Ant Day, and this summer's swarms could be the most sizeable in recent memory.

The winged ants appear at different times around the country – they tend to fly earlier in urban areas than rural areas because temperatures are generally warmer in towns and cities. Why do flying ...