Student journalist Taryn Pollock explains what the ophiocordyceps unilateralis fungus is and why it is commonly called the ...

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“Ants—like us—have biological clocks ... “One thing that we found was that the fungus invades the brain in a very creepy and stereotyped pattern,” she continued. “In the brains of flies that are ...

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In this podcast, student journalist Taryn Pollock explains what the ophiocordyceps unilateralis fungus is and why it is commonly called the Zombie ant-virus. Taryn Pollock is a student at South ...