Scientists have identified the fossilized remains of the oldest-known ant - a winged insect with fearsome scythe-like jaws ...

Rise of the Zombie Bugs” explores how parasites create real-life zombies in the insect and invertebrate world.

The idea of zombies has fascinated humans for centuries. Real-life parasites have been taking over the minds of insects for ...

A prehistoric hell ant that lived among dinosaurs 113 million years ago had an unusual way to kill its prey and sheds new ...

Strange-looking ants being controlled by a fungus have been discovered on Jawoyn country during a Bush Blitz expedition.

A fungus not yet known to modern science was recently discovered in a remote savanna in the Northern Territory.

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Imagine a world beneath your feet, teeming with tiny farmers and herders, where societies thrive on agriculture and animal ...

The invasive spongy moth, a destroyer of northeastern forests, has a natural foe in a Japanese fungus that needs certain ...

Have you ever imagined a bustling city beneath your feet, pulsing with life and humming with purpose—yet entirely hidden from ...

They crawl, they control, and they kill—without a sound. These real-life parasites turn their hosts into pawns in a ...

Kronstad and his colleagues, in a recent review published in Nature, warned that this evolution could lead to more human ...