The Gibella attenboroughii fungus, named after Sir David Attenborough, manipulates spider behavior to spread its spores in caves across Ireland.

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Newly discovered fungal species makes zombies of cave spiders on island of Ireland

It's like something from the hit TV show The Last Of Us - but thankfully only affects spiders (so far).

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'Zombie spiders' infected with fungus found in Irish caves

Findings point to hidden diversity of this class of fungi in British Isles, researchers say

The Independent

Evgeny Lebedev

London

Greater London

England

Fungus named after David Attenborough turning spiders into 'zombies’

A fungus named in honour of David Attenborough has been found infecting and manipulating spiders in an Irish cave, turning them into The Last of Us-style zombies.

Irish Independent

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Ireland

Fungus named after David Attenborough turns Irish spiders into ‘zombies’

Researchers found that many Metellina merianae spiders across Ireland have become infected with the Gibellula attenboroughii fungi named after broadcasting legend David Attenborough.

New York Post

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New York

United States

Fungus named after David Attenborough is zombifying spiders in Ireland

A newly discovered fungus, named after documentary maker David Attenborough, attacks spiders in such a way that they appear to turn into zombies, the makers of the BBC nature programme ‘Winterwatch’ have discovered.

Een pas ontdekte schimmel, vernoemd naar documentairemaker David Attenborough, tast spinnen op zo’n manier aan dat ze in zombies lijken te veranderen. Dat hebben de makers van het BBC-natuurprogramma ‘Winterwatch’ ontdekt.

Nieuwe schimmel ontdekt die spinnen in “zombies” verandert

Het Nieuwsblad

Belgium

New fungus discovered that turns spiders into “zombies”

The newly-described fungus infects normally reclusive cave-dwelling spiders in Cavan and Fermanagh and makes them makes them head to exposed sites, where they die, to help spread fungal spores

Irish Examiner

The Irish Times

New species of fungi is turning Irish cave spiders into ‘zombies’

It is a new species, never before closely observed or studied and analyzed in the laboratory. It is a small spider, standing on the ceiling, with no cobwebs around it. And with a strange whitish mold that covers his body. This would be the unusual aspect of an arachnid 'possessed' by a very particular type of parasitic fungus, or 'zombie fungus', which takes possession of the bodies of spiders, manipulating their minds and behavior, to the point…

È una specie nuova, mai osservata prima da vicino né studiata e analizzata in laboratorio. Si tratta di un piccolo ragno, fermo sul soffitto, senza ragnatele intorno. E con una strana muffa biancastra che gli ricopre il corpo. Sarebbe questo l’insolito aspetto di un aracnide “posseduto” da un particolarissimo tipo di fungo parassita, o “fungo zombie”, che si impossessa dei corpi dei ragni, manipolandone la mente e il comportamento, fino a costri…

Scoperta una nuova specie di "ragno zombie": è "posseduto" da un fungo parassita che ne manipola il comportamento. I risultati del nuovo studio

Il Fatto Quotidiano

Rome

Metropolitan City of Rome

Lazio

Italy

A new species of 'zombie spider' has been discovered: it is' possessed 'by a parasitic fungus that manipulates its behavior. The results of the new study

Dr. Harry Evans, Emeritus Fellow at CAB International, led scientists—including from the Natural History Museum of Denmark and Royal Botanical Gardens Kew—in a study to investigate the identity of a fungus found on a spider during filming of the BBC Winterwatch series in Northern Ireland. The work is published in the journal Fungal Systematics and Evolution.

A newly discovered fungus, named after documentary maker David Attenborough, attacks spiders in such a way that they appear to turn into zombies, the makers of the BBC nature programme Winterwatch have discovered.

Een pas ontdekte schimmel, vernoemd naar documentairemaker David Attenborough, tast spinnen op zo’n manier aan dat ze in zombies lijken te veranderen. Dat hebben de makers van het BBC-natuurprogramma Winterwatch ontdekt.

Nieuwe schimmel ontdekt die spinnen in ’zombies’ verandert

De Telegraaf

Amsterdam

Government of Amsterdam

North Holland

Netherlands

New fungus discovered that turns spiders into 'zombies'

Zombie horror series The Last of Us might feel a little more real after you learn about a fungus that infects cave spiders and turns them into "zombie" arachnids.

Newly Discovered Fungus Turns Irish Cave Spiders into 'Zombies'

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