Ophiocordyceps unilateralis - Wikipedia
Ophiocordyceps unilateralis, commonly known as zombie-ant fungus, [2] is an insect-pathogenic fungus, discovered by the British naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace in 1859, and currently found predominantly in tropical forest ecosystems.
Nature’s “zombies”: the disturbing science of neuroparasitology
2022年4月15日 · An emerging field studies parasites that take over the nervous system of a host. Credit: Daniel Newman / Adobe Stock. Key Takeaways. Parasites are underappreciated but ubiquitous features of...
Zombies aren’t real—or are they? Meet 5 parasites that use mind …
2018年10月22日 · Zombies aren’t real—or are they? Meet 5 parasites that use mind control. It's no Halloween movie: These parasites can hijack the brains of other creatures—and make them act in horrific ways....
Move over, Cordyceps, there’s a new “zombie” parasite to haunt …
2023年9月20日 · Most notably, there is a family of zombifying parasitic fungi called Cordyceps —more than 400 different species, each targeting a particular insect species, whether it be ants, dragonflies,...
Cordyceps zombie fungus takes over ants' bodies - National …
2019年4月18日 · They walk among us: insects hijacked by parasitic fungi that control their every move. The Ophiocordyceps unilateralis fungus has just one goal: self-propagation and dispersal.
What scientists say about the real-life zombie fungi that ... - CNN
2023年1月25日 · The zombies are identifiable by the fungi bursting from their bodies: a thicket of spiky tendrils, a miniature garden of mushroom-like fruiting bodies. These fungal parasites act as puppeteers,...
Zombie ants: meet the parasitic fungi that take ... - The …
2019年6月11日 · Zombie ants: meet the parasitic fungi that take control of living insects. Published: June 11, 2019 9:05am EDT. In the understorey of a tropical forest, a carpenter ant has descended from the...
'Zombie' Parasite Cordyceps Fungus Takes Over Insects Through …
Deep in the Amazon jungle, a parasitic fungus called cordyceps infect ants and other insects in order to reproduce. Subscribe: http://bit.ly/NatGeoSubscrib...
How a mind-controlling fungal parasite turns insects into zombies
April 18, 2023 6 min read. Postdoc Carolyn Elya sheds light on how parasitic fungus hijacks nervous system of flies, uses mind control to manipulate behavior as insects near death. The last thing Carolyn Elya expected to find in her backyard were zombies.
How the Zombie Fungus Takes Over Ants’ Bodies to Control Their Minds
2017年11月14日 · How the Zombie Fungus Takes Over Ants’ Bodies to Control Their Minds. The infamous parasite’s methods are more complex and more sinister than anyone suspected. By Ed Yong. Katja Schulz /...