Scientists have discovered a fungal species that infects spiders and appears to control their behavior, compelling them to leave their usual hiding places before succumbing to the deadly infection.

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

Another fungus species, Ophiocordyceps unilateralis infects ants in the Amazon rainforest and takes control of their bodies ... It’s rather terrifying stuff. Cordyceps fungi are even used in the video ...