Fungi bursts from the head of a fly fossilized in 99-million-year-old amber. © Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, NIGPAS In ...
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Zombie ants and flies? 99-million-year-old amber shows fungi turning bugs into monsters
Researchers studying 99-million-year-old amber from Myanmar have discovered two insects killed by a rare type of fungus. One is a fly, the other a young ant. Both show signs of being infected by a ...
Zombies, it turns out, are real — and science journalist Mindy Weisberger can give you plenty of examples of them. She’s read up on the fungi that take over flies’ bodies, partially digesting them ...
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