runMobileCompatibilityScript('myExperience814417564001', 'anId');brightcove.createExperiences(); In this week's Gadget Lab podcast, we kick off the show with a quick look at some weird fungus that's apparently turning some ants into zombies. Gross and awesome. Moving on to gadget land, we waste some time playing with Zibits, puny robots controlled [...] ...more...
Zombie Ants Serve a Fungus Master
Zombie ants are insects whose central nervous system has been highjacked by an invading fungus that controls their behavior and forces them to host new colonies of fungus. ...more...
Odd News
Zombie ants? When you first hear about them, sound like something straight out of a science fiction movie, right? In an odd twist of science though, not only are zombified ants a reality - they are a growing problem in some areas of the Amazon rainforests. ...more...
Zombie ants: Identified from samples collected at two sites in Brazil's tropical rain forest, each of the four fungus species specializes in controlling a different species of carpenter ant, creating Zombie ants. ...more...
Photos: "Zombie" Ants Found With New Mind-Control Fungi
Mind-controlling fungi that create "zombie" ants in Brazil's rain forests are more diverse than thought, a new study says. ...more...
Zombie ants: Killer fungus turning Amazon rainforest ants into colonies of zombies
Parasitic fungi are destroying colonies of ants in the Amazonian rainforest. They slowly turn the insects into zombies before killing them. ...more...
New Zombie Ants Fungi Identified from Samples Collected in Brazil (Video)
A Zombie Ant Image Credit: Nature.com Four new "zombie ant fungi" were identified by scientists, several science news sites reported on Wednesday. The new species were identified from samples collected at two sites in Brazil's tropical rain forest. Zombie-ant fungi are brain-controlling fungi which turn ants into zombies, controlling them and eventually killing them afterwards. [...] ...more...
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