Zombie fungi were already controlling insects 100 million years ago, according to a recent study of fossils trapped in ...

An ant and fly from the Cretaceous period offer insights into the history of Ophiocordyceps, the fungal parasite made popular ...

Long before humans walked the Earth, while dinosaurs were still roaming the land, a parasitic fungus hijacked the mind of a ...

A remarkable discovery from mid-Cretaceous amber has pushed back the evolutionary timeline of one of nature’s most bizarre ...

Cutting-edge digital fossil-mining reveals early squid evolution, diversification, and importance in marine ecosystems.

Flying Ant Day 2025 could see the biggest swarms in years, experts say It's a day many of us dread and this year could be particularly bad due to the weather the UK has been experiencing.

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A new study of ancient fossil trails pushes the origins of complex life deeper into Earth’s history, before the Cambrian Period began.

Science News: Scientists found fossils of a new, small dinosaur. This dinosaur, Enigmacursor mollyborthwickae, was about the size of a dog. It lived 150 million yea ...

In a discovery that feels straight out of science fiction, scientists have unearthed a 99-million-year-old piece of amber containing a fly and an ant, both infected by a mind-controlling fungus. The ...

Chinese Academy of Sciences researchers report that fossilized entomopathogenic fungi from mid-Cretaceous amber reveal some of the oldest direct evidence of parasitic relationships between fungi ...

Among the fossils, they found the first ever hominin remains from submerged Sundaland, and one of them belonged to H. erectus.