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

They typically eat nectar, seeds, fungus, or insects ... displacing the crustaceans from their burrows or even killing them as they pass by ant nests during their annual migration from the ...

A study conducted by researchers from São Paulo State University (UNESP), in Brazil, and collaborators shows that lemon ...

For example, aphids living on the trees may excrete the fungus's defense substance in their honeydew and therefore be visited less by ants. In a new study published in Ecology Letters, researchers ...

The newly discovered species, named Gibellula attenboroughii, acts in a similar way as the zombie ant fungus, seemingly manipulating its prey to move to a more suitable spot for the fungus to ...

These ants aren’t eating the leaves they carry—they use plant matter to cultivate a special fungus in their underground chambers. It’s like farming, but instead of growing vegetables, they grow the ...

In this podcast, student journalist Taryn Pollock explains what the ophiocordyceps unilateralis fungus is and why it is commonly called the Zombie ant-virus. Taryn Pollock is a student at South ...