Discovery pushes back origin of Ophiocordyceps fungi by 30 million years, suggesting fungi evolved by shifting to new hosts.

A parasitic fungus transforms ants into “zombies.” Scientists say that the ant-attacking fungus is infected with fungal parasites of its own, which could be helping to keep ant zombification ...

Chinese Academy of Sciences researchers report that fossilized entomopathogenic fungi from mid-Cretaceous amber reveal some ...

Mystery parasites on zombie ant fungus identified by scientists. Around the world, a parasitic fungus transforms ants into "zombies." Posted 5:57 p.m. Nov 18, 2022 — Updated 5:57 p.m. Nov 18, 2022 ...

This brood parasite survives in an ant colony by eating dead insects and ant larvae. The team found that most of the behaviors can be classified two ways– distancing and dodging .

Once the liver fluke infects the ant, several hundred parasites invade the insect’s body. Only one of these parasites will make it to the brain where it then influences the ant’s behavior.

Here’s an amazing, eerily beautiful video of parasitic fungi and a poor bullet ant (Paraponera clavata) colony. You can see the fruiting body of the fungus erupt from an ant’s head around 1:02.

A parasite has been found to be able to control the minds of ants, forcing them to do its bidding. The ants climbs up and clamp their powerful jaws onto the top of a blade ...

To thrive, ant colonies rely on everyone pulling their weight. ... But raider ants are among about 50 species plagued by impostors: parasitic ants that resemble queens.