For nearly 100 million years, a 'zombifying' fungus 🍄 has been infecting insects 🐜🦟, researchers report | Ancient amber trapped Ophiocordyceps spores bursting from a fly 🪰 and an ant pupa, suggesting the fungi might have been infecting the ancestors of ants almost since their origin.
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Zombifying fungi have been infecting insects for 99 million years
Two bits of amber discovered in a lab basement hold ancient evidence of a fungi famous for controlling the minds of its victims.
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