Zombie ants controlled by fungus: study

Monday, March 7, 2011 - 14:00 in Biology & Nature

Scientists have discovered what they say are four different species of "zombie fungus" in the Atlantic Brazilian rainforest that take over the brains of their host ants, forcing them to move to a location ideally suited to the fungus before killing them.

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