Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Amanda Kooser covers the quirky side of science and space. Ahead of the return of the hit fungus-zombie horror series The Last of ...

An old storm drain in Minneapolis. A damp cottage in Ontario. Underneath a house in New Zealand. In everyday encounters around the globe, people are getting a fright by a Halloween-worthy sight: the ...

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While filming a TV documentary inside an old Victorian gunpowder store in Northern Ireland, scientists made an intriguing discovery: cave spider “zombies” that were infected by a “Last of Us”-like ...

A mysterious fungus is making headlines worldwide for turning spiders into bizarre, living “zombies.” The affected spiders are controlled by the fungus, leave their usual environment, and eventually ...

(CNN) — Scientists in Europe have identified a previously unknown species of fungus that turns cave spiders into “zombies.” The fungus lures them out of their webs before instigating an untimely death ...