Massospora consumes cicadas from the inside out then drives them to mate—in the process making infected males more attractive ...
It was the gruesome fantasy show that put fungus on the map. The Last of Us, based on the popular video game of the same name, saw a group of intrepid explorers trudge their way across a dystopian ...
Billions of cicadas are about to be "controlled like zombies" into spreading a strange fungus that "hijacks their bodies and behaviour", according to a report. In a development worthy of a horror ...
NPR's Juana Summers talks with mycologist Matt Kasson about a strange fungus that is threatening certain broods of periodical cicadas.
Naturalists have already spotted the first arrivals in a rare phenomenon during which cicadas will emerge across more than a ...
Bananas are the world’s most popular fruit. Americans eat nearly 27 pounds per person every year, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. A deadly fungus could destroy most of the world ...
Cicadas are beginning to come out in the Upstate. Find out what to expect, and also read about "zombie" cicadas.
An outbreak of highly pathogenic avian flu is ravaging the U.S. food supply, infecting birds in all 50 states and spreading ...
Bananas grow in a greenhouse at Elo Life Sciences, an RTP company who is developing a genetically modified banana that is resistant to a deadly fungus sweeping through much of the world’s banana crop ...