Student journalist Taryn Pollock explains what the ophiocordyceps unilateralis fungus is and why it is commonly called the ...

A parasitic fungus illness known as Cordyceps brain infection (abbreviated CBI) causes an epidemic that transforms human ...

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A drug-resistant fungus, Candida Auris, is spreading rapidly in U.S. hospitals, posing a severe threat to patients who need invasive medical equipment A fungus, Candida Auris, is further drawing ...

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This “serial killer” fungus — Gibeiulla attenboroughii — appears as a white, prickly, mesh-like substance that spreads over its arachnid victims and forces them to move out into the open. Jenna ...

But the fungus forces them to abandon the holes ... Perhaps the best known example is Ophiocordyceps, a parasitic genus of fungi that infects ants and other insects. It grows inside a host ...

Scientists say the behaviour of the fungus mirrors that of ants infected by fungi of the genus Ophiocordyceps, previously reported from the Atlantic rainforest of Brazil. The story of the "zombie ...

A study investigated the identity of the fungus found on a spider during the filming of ... mirroring the behaviour of ants infected by fungi of the genus Ophiocordyceps previously reported from the ...

There are currently 100 known Ophiocordyceps species that have the ... said it's "very unlikely" that the fungus would be able to infect humans. The Cordyceps are "not prepared to invade ...