Learn more about the newly identified fungus that is taking over spiders and why it's similar to the Cordyceps fungi that ...

Unlike the ant-infecting Cordyceps, Cordyceps gunnii does not force its victims to climb but takes control when they are ...

The difference is that in real life, this fungus can infect ants, caterpillars, and other insects, not humans. This alone excludes the danger - at least for now - of humanity suffering a lethal zombie ...

While cordyceps fungus exists in our world, it only infects insects, often ants, where it produces neurotoxins that change their behavior. But is it a threat to human health? "By nature, fungi and ...