At first glance, the insect trapped in golden resin looked like any other tiny victim of deep time. Only under close ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. The Cordyceps mushroom, an exotic fungus, grows by infecting ...

A fossilized ant and fly preserved in 99-million-year-old amber have revealed one of the oldest known examples of parasitic fungi taking over insect hosts. The fungal growths, protruding from the ...

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 ...

Learn more about the chemical arms race between a fungus, a tree, and a beetle.

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 ...

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.

A fly is going about its day, buzzing here, buzzing there—but then, it starts behaving weirdly. Its movements become sluggish; its abdomen swells. Its body sprouts white fuzz. Around sunset, there’s a ...

(HealthDay News) — HBO’s hit series “The Last of Us” envisions a world decimated by a fungal apocalypse. A real-life insect fungus called Cordyceps makes the leap into humans, turning those stricken ...

Last week felt like I should have been working in the garden, flying a kite, or wade fishing for crappie. Other than the two ...

A fungus that turns spiders into zombies sounds like something straight out of a horror movie. Both arachnophobes and people ...