A fungus named in honor of Sir David Attenborough is warping the bodies and even minds of spiders in Ireland. Researchers found that many Metellina merianae spiders across Ireland have become infected ...

A fungus named in honour of Sir David Attenborough has been found infecting and manipulating spiders in a Northern Ireland ...

A newly discovered fungus — named after naturalist Sir David Attenborough — transforms cave spiders into zombies. The species (Gibellula attenboroughii) forces reclusive arachnids into exposed areas, ...

Scientists recently uncovered a new species of fungus that turns spiders into "zombies," manipulating their behavior before ...

NORTHERN IRELAND (WKRC) - A recent study discovered a new species of fungus that infects cave spiders and turns them into spore-spreading zombies. The researchers behind the study, which was published ...

Scientists have discovered a fungal species that infects spiders and appears to control their behavior, compelling them to leave their usual hiding places before succumbing to the deadly infection.

A recent study investigated the identity of a fungus found on a spider during filming of the BBC Winterwatch series in Northern Ireland. Dr Harry Evans, Emeritus Fellow at CAB International, led ...