A 99-million-year-old fly fossil has found an unlikely second life online. Trapped in amber with a fungus jutting from its ...

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Ophiocordyceps sinensis, known for its extensive use in traditional Asian medicine, grows in high-altitude regions of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. This rare and expensive fungus has generated increasing ...

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The new species each specialize in parasitizing one species of fly found in forests throughout Thailand, according to a study. Photos by Mongkolsamrit S, Thanakitpipattana D, Noisripoom W, Tasanathai ...

A parasitic fungus known to manipulate the brains of ants doesn't make slavelike "zombies" out of any old host. Instead, the microorganism is somehow able to recognize the brains of different ant ...

Cordyceps infects the brains of ants in the real world, so how plausible is the fungi apocalypse in HBO's hit new show? Jackson Ryan was CNET's science editor, and a multiple award-winning one at that ...