How can art and science illuminate the so-called zombie ant fungus, a parasitic fungus that hijacks and destroys carpenter ants in order to reproduce itself? Show more An ant becomes infected by a ...
Fungi-eating orchids were found for the first time to offer their flowers to fungi-eating fruit flies in exchange for pollination, which is the first evidence for nursery pollination in orchids. This ...
Moniliophthora roreri is a basidiomycete fungus that causes frosty pod rot disease, one of the most serious problems for cacao production in Latin America. “This fungus is phenomenally unusual – it ...
What could be the most brutal way for an insect to die? Being struck out of the air by a predator? Snatched in a split second by a reptile’s tongue? Or something far more disturbing, where the body ...
This species of fungus, Ophiocordyceps, is known for using "mind control" on insect hosts. Humans, however, are immune. In the video game and HBO show The Last of Us, humans struggle to survive after ...
In a recent study, Tokyo University researchers have revealed new findings about the Rice Blast Fungus. The research has uncovered that mutations in Pro1 (a mating-related protein). This protein helps ...
In the video game and HBO show The Last of Us, humans struggle to survive after an infectious fungus turns ordinary people into zombies. Creators of the franchise didn’t look far for inspiration — the ...
In the video game and HBO show The Last of Us, an infectious fungi turns humans into zombies. In the video game and HBO show The Last of Us, humans struggle to survive after an infectious fungus turns ...
In the video game and HBO show The Last of Us, humans struggle to survive after an infectious fungus turns ordinary people into zombies. Creators of the franchise didn’t look far for inspiration — the ...