Certain parasitic fungi in the genus Ophiocordyceps infect insects and alter their behavior in ways that benefit fungal ...

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Exterminators keep getting calls for a reason. Wood-devouring insects, such as beetles, termites, and carpenter ants, are constantly chewing through walls or infecting trees and breaking them down.

The Cordyceps fungus has evolved a terrifying ability to hijack the bodies of insects – but it's also being studied for an impressive range of potential medicinal effects. Researchers have found a way ...

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 ...

There's more than just noise passing between the trillions of periodical cicadas that have emerged in the U.S. this year. For some of those insects, there is also the chance of getting a sexually ...

Colletotrichum fioriniae fungus, meanwhile, is a problem of a different kind. Among other things, it causes plants' fruit to rot, resulting in drastically reduced yields. Not only would people not ...

A recent review published in PLOS Pathogens discussed the current research on the role of molecular mechanisms in mediating immune priming in insects and regulating vector-borne disease transmission.

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 ...