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

Despite their tiny size, ants are able to accomplish absolutely incredible feats. They can build amazingly intricate nests, ...

Everything from birds to squirrels to a fungus filled with psychedelic drugs will feast on the poor cicadas as soon as they surface after years of underground gestation. Ants get in on the action ...

Leafcutter ants appear to remember past infections and respond more aggressively to familiar threats, according to a new ...

Characteristics of social immune memory were observed in colonies of Atta sexdens exposed to four different pathogenic fungi.

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 ...

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 ...

For example, aphids living on the trees may excrete the fungus's defense substance in their honeydew and therefore be visited less by ants. Endophytes are microorganisms that live inside plants.

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 ...

(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 ...