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The results were astonishing. In Australia’s wetter east coast, you gain on average 19% more species and lose 14% of species when moving up the temperature gradient by 1°C. In the dry centre, you gain 18% of species and lose 21% of species for every extra degree.

Winners of a nature photo contest have been announced and the winner for the Plants and fungi category is an zombie fungus that ate through the inside of an ant and sprouted from its head.

The competition celebrates the beauty of nature, but also it's fragility.

Picture of an orange mushroom (Favulachia calocera), which grows on dead wood, won the third edition of the photo contest BMC Ecology and Evolution, a

Cornelia Sattler's image of the invasive orange pore fungus won the BMC Ecology and Evolution image competition. The competition celebrates nature's wonders across various categories, blending art and science. A captivating image of the invasive orange pore fungus (Favolaschia calocera), which hi

"While it is not uncommon to encounter insects parasitized by zombie fungi in the wild, it is a rarity to witness large spiders succumbing to these fungal conquerors," said evolutionary biologist Roberto García-Roa, who took the photograph.

Parasitic fungi, sustainable beekeeping and a dinosaur egg. Here are the striking images from this year’s BMC Ecology and Evolution image competition.

In the third BMC Ecology and Evolution image competition, a stunning snap of the invasive orange pore fungus (Favolaschia calocera) has not just encroached on native species’ territory but taken out the top spot in the annual contest.

The winning and runner-up photos show a series of incredible snapshots of nature from across the world, including zombie fungi and whale necropsies.

Scientists from Australia, Canada, and the UK submitted these winning images to the BMC Ecology and Evolution image competition.