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Now, he's a co-author of a study that identifies those globs as a newly discovered species of fungus that takes control of spiders, essentially turning them into zombies, and marches them to their ...

What they look like: There are over 200 species of wolf spiders crawling around, Potzler explains. And, since they’re hairy they can sometimes be mistaken for tarantulas. Also worth noting ...