a spider on a piece of wood with a parasitic fungus bursting through its head, legs and body A rare image has captured the moment a huge spider is "defeated" and engulfed by a parasitic fungus, with ...

Many of the marvels of the natural world have been captured in a selection of images taken by researchers across the globe in a photography competition. The pictures reveal a fascinating view of ...

Cheshire Gecko, Cat Gecko, Finalist Animals Category: This creature gets its name from the way it curls up its tail to cover itself while asleep, similar to a cat. For its second year and with more ...

Quincy resident Megan Guldenzoph has a keen eye for fungi. Her photo of a golden Pholiota mushroom at Houghtons Pond in Milton was named the best photo in the plant and fungi category of Mass ...

A striking image of the invasive orange pore fungus (Favolaschia calocera), which highlights the potential threats the species may pose to Australian ecosystems, has won the third BMC Ecology and ...

Photographers from Aotearoa New Zealand featured strongly in this year’s Oceania photography competition run by The Nature Conservancy. Nearly 1,000 photographers from New Zealand, Australia, Papua ...

"While it is not uncommon to encounter insects parasitized by 'zombie' fungi in the wild, it is a rarity to witness large spiders succumbing to these fungal conquerors," said evolutionary biologist ...