A newly discovered species of fungus takes control of cave-dwelling spiders in Ireland and Northern Ireland, similar to the ...

The new fungus species Gibellula attenboroughii forces reclusive cave spiders to exposed areas, likely to benefit spore dispersal.

Scientists have discovered a new type of fungus that turns cave spiders into zombies. Unlike the events in the «The Last of ...

While filming a TV documentary inside an old Victorian gunpowder store in Northern Ireland, scientists made an intriguing ...

A new fungus, Gibellula attenboroughii, was discovered on spiders in Irish caves. It changes their behavior, similar to ...

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

Researchers have highlighted a new type of mind-altering parasite that takes over spiders and changes how they act.

Scientists identified a new fungus, Gibellula attenboroughii, infecting cave spiders in Ireland. The fungus manipulates ...

Researchers have found a new species of fungi that infects spiders turning them into 'zombies' in Ireland and Northern ...

Researchers have found a new species of fungi that infects spiders and turns them into 'zombies' in a cave system in Ireland. The fungi are known as Gibellula attenboroughii, and use the arachnid ...

A newly discovered fungus that turns spiders into “zombies” has been found in caves across Northern Ireland and the Republic ...

A fungus discovered in Ireland infects cave spiders, altering their behaviour before using their bodies to spread spores.