An insidious disease has eliminated dozens of the world’s frog species. Scientists fear a similar plague could be coming for ...

With the emergence of cicada broods this summer, scientists have begun collecting specimens of cicada infected with a mysterious parasitic fungus that takes over the insects and turns them into ...

A deadly fungal disease that has put at least one bat species on the federal Endangered Species List has been detected in ...

A wildlife researcher in the Peruvian Amazon has discovered a tarantula infected by the "zombie fungus" Cordyceps, a rare and eerie find."It took over his nervous system and forced him to come to this ...