Zombie death fungi target the world's ants

• Autores: Joshua Rapp Learn
• Localización: New scientist, ISSN 0262-4079, Nº. 3167, 2018, pág. 8
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Fifteen newly discovered fungi can all control the brains of ants in cruel and unusual ways in the moments before killing them, according to Joao Araujo from Pennsylvania State University and his colleagues. Collected from the Brazilian Amazon, Japan, Australia, Colombia and the U.S., zombie ant fungi are parasites that are mostly found in tropical forests