Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. But large predators weren’t the only things to worry about during the age of the dinosaurs. Prehistoric insects had to contend ...

Scientists have discovered two new species of ancient parasitic fungi preserved in amber dating back 99 million years. The fungi were growing out of the bodies of host insects that became trapped in ...

In the dense forests of South America and Southeast Asia, a parasite operates with chilling precision. Ophiocordyceps unilateralis, often called the zombie-ant fungus, infects ants, invades their ...