Tuesday, February 27, 2018

Invasion of the body-snatching fungus

02/27/2018 02:14 PM EST

cicada fungus illustration

University of Connecticut researchers recently documented in Nature Scientific Reports a gory and fascinating relationship between periodical cicadas and a fungus that infects them, hijacks their behavior, and causes a scene straight out of a zombie movie.


Full story at https://today.uconn.edu/2018/02/invasion-body-snatching-fungus/#/

Source
University of Connecticut


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