In a groundbreaking discovery in Ecuador's Amazon, scientists have identified a unique spider species, Taczanowskia waska, ...
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A newly found Amazon spider survives by disguising itself as a parasitic fungus
A spider species found in the Ecuadorian Amazon has evolved to look almost exactly like a dead spider overtaken by parasitic ...
Spiders living in the Amazon rainforest defend themselves from predators using an amazing variety of strategies. One newly ...
Scientists have discovered a new Amazonian spider with an astonishing disguise: it looks like a parasitic fungus. The species, Taczanowskia waska, mimics both the appearance and behavior of the fungus ...
A BBC documentary crew in Northern Ireland stumbled upon a fungus that hijacks spiders in an arachnid version of “The Last of Us.” By Kate Golembiewski An abandoned gunpowder storage shed pokes out ...
TL;DR: A new fungus, G. attenboroughii, discovered in Northern Ireland, infects spiders, causing zombie-like effects similar to the zombie-ant fungus. It alters spider behavior to spread spores before ...
A fungus that turns spiders into zombies sounds like something straight out of a horror movie. Both arachnophobes and people with a healthy fear of spiders shudder at the idea that some spiders lose ...
Restricting infection to 2 spider families creates a host-specific threat across 1,300 species. Infected orb spiders counter-intuitively abandon reclusive hiding spots for lethal, high-visibility ...
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