While their presence at low and medium altitudes up to 3000-5000 m is relatively well known, data about spore occurrences in the stratosphere is very sparse. Still, laboratory experiments have ...

DNA analysis reveals the big, flightless moa birds ate — and pooped out — 13 kinds of fungi, including ones crucial for New Zealand’s forest ecosystem.

A newly discovered species of fungus takes control of cave-dwelling spiders in Ireland and Northern Ireland, similar to the ...

The new fungus species Gibellula attenboroughii forces reclusive cave spiders to exposed areas, likely to benefit spore dispersal.

While filming a TV documentary inside an old Victorian gunpowder store in Northern Ireland, scientists made an intriguing ...

compared to days without thunderstorms (n = 919 days), daily asthma visits increased from 8.6 to 10 (p < 0.05), and air concentrations of fungal spores doubled (from 1,512 to 2,749/m 3), with ...

A new species of fungus discovered in British and Irish caves turns spiders into “zombies,” forcing them to leave their ...

The new fungus, Gibellula attenboroughii, found in Northern Ireland, has been officially recognized by scientists in a recent ...

The spiders, which are most commonly known to hide themselves away, begin to act irregularly when they contract the fungus.

Zombie horror series The Last of Us might feel a little more real after you learn about a fungus that infects cave spiders ...

A new species of fungus straight out of a nightmare has been found lurking on the ceiling of an abandoned gunpowder storeroom ...