An ant and fly from the Cretaceous period offer insights into the history of Ophiocordyceps, the fungal parasite made popular ...

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A glob of 99 million-year-old amber has preserved an ancient fly in horror show fashion: with the mushroom-like fruiting body ...

The first new species is Idris bianor, named after the spider genus it parasitizes, according to the study. Its body length ...

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This week, see zombie fungi trapped in an amber fossil, explore the sun’s hidden south pole, meet tool-using whales that groom each other, and more.

Long before humans walked the Earth, while dinosaurs were still roaming the land, a parasitic fungus hijacked the mind of a ...

From the Kraken of Deep Rising to the Graboids of Tremors, these are some of the very best giant beasts in cinema history.

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