Rise of the Zombie Bugs” explores how parasites create real-life zombies in the insect and invertebrate world.

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Strange-looking ants being controlled by a fungus have been discovered on Jawoyn country during a Bush Blitz expedition.

A fungus not yet known to modern science was recently discovered in a remote savanna in the Northern Territory.

Kronstad and his colleagues, in a recent review published in Nature, warned that this evolution could lead to more human ...

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Mindy Weisberger’s book, Rise of the Zombie Bugs, explores the sophisticated—and macabre—relationships between zombifying ...

Scientists say this previously unknown species of fungus has been taking over the body of ants in the Aussie outback.

Science writer Mindy Weisberger speaks to Live Science about the parasites that turn their hosts — whether ant, beetle or ...

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A team of researchers has found ‘zombie ants’ and what is believed to be a never before seen fungi in the Northern Territory.