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TL;DR: A new fungus, G. attenboroughii, discovered in Northern Ireland, infects spiders, causing zombie-like effects similar to the zombie-ant fungus. It alters spider behavior to spread spores before ...

Scientists have discovered a never-before-seen mind-controlling fungus that creates spider "zombies" after it was stumbled ...

A fungus that turns spiders into zombies sounds like something straight out of a horror movie. Both arachnophobes and people with a healthy fear of spiders shudder at the idea that some spiders lose ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Scientists have discovered a fungal species that infects spiders and ...

An old storm drain in Minneapolis. A damp cottage in Ontario. Underneath a house in New Zealand. In everyday encounters around the globe, people are getting a fright by a Halloween-worthy sight: the ...

Scientists say the "hyperparasite" preys on "zombie fungus" known to infect insects before subjecting them to a gruesome death.

(CNN) — Scientists in Europe have identified a previously unknown species of fungus that turns cave spiders into “zombies.” The fungus lures them out of their webs before instigating an untimely death ...

Spiders infected with a fungus that turns them into “zombies” are now being found all over the world — including in the U.S. — and freaking out homeowners. Fungus-infected spiders have been spotted by ...