A new fungus species in Europe, Gibellula attenboroughii, transforms cave spiders into 'zombies.' This fungus manipulates spiders to leave their webs, then kills them and uses their corpses to spread ...

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If you are bitten by a large, black spider in Australia, the medical advice is to treat is as an emergency. However, not all ...

Paramedics have treated 12 Queenslanders for snake bites this week alone with callouts from Brisbane suburbia and out to Goondiwindi in the west and up to Townsville in the north.

Paramedics have treated 14 Queenslanders for snake bites this week alone with callouts from Brisbane suburbia out to ...

Scientists have discovered a fungus that turns spiders into “zombies,” luring the arachnids out of their lairs before killing ...