A fungus named in honour of Sir David Attenborough has been found infecting and manipulating spiders in a Northern Ireland cave turning them into The Last of Us-style “zombies”. Researchers ...
This behaviour mirrors the actions of Brazilian rainforest ants infected by the cordyceps fungi, which is featured in the post-apocalyptic TV series The Last of US. A 2016 study provided the first ...
Yeast infections on the scalp are caused by an overgrowth of fungal organisms. Candida is the yeast that most often infects the scalp. The problem can also be caused by Malassezia, a yeast that often ...