Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A “zombie ant” that has been infected by the parasitic fungus Complex Ophiocordyceps unilateralis. Those left disappointed by the ...

A rare fungus that acts like the Cordyceps fungus which inspired The Last of Us was recently discovered in a rainforest in Scotland. In Naughty Dog’s The Last of Us, mankind is devastated by the ...

A Carolina leaf-roller cricket infected with Cordyceps, the so-called “zombie fungus,” found at Betley Woods at Glacier’s End in southern Johnson County during the summer. The fungus, which takes over ...

Cordyceps fungi infect insects and begin to take control of their nervous system, manipulating their behavior and forcing ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A zombie cicada fungus, _Massospora cicadina_, has consumed the rear end of this periodical cicada, replacing it with a 'plug' of ...

A newly discovered species of spider in the Ecuadorean Amazon mimics a pathogen, known as a zombie fungus, to protect itself. By Alexa Robles-Gil Alexander Bentley, a herpetologist, often leads ...

Here’s a new detail of how a real-life Cordyceps fungus zombifies still-living animals: Crashing their “blood sugar.” That’s a recently discovered bit of science related to the zombie-apocalypse video ...

CU Boulder mycologist Alisha Quandt says there’s little reason to fear a fungi-zombie apocalypse like the one imagined in the HBO hit TV series ‘The Last of Us’ Alisha Quandt prepared herself in ...

A scene from The Last of Us, which helped propel the idea of dangerous Cordyceps fungi into popular culture. AP Video game-turned-HBO series “The Last of Us,” of course, is science fiction. Yet the ...

The new species each specialize in parasitizing one species of fly found in forests throughout Thailand, according to a study. Photos by Mongkolsamrit S, Thanakitpipattana D, Noisripoom W, Tasanathai ...

The parasitic fungus ophiocordyceps sinensis is a popular traditional medicine and essential source of income for some of China’s poorest citizens. But now climate change and capitalism spell an ...