De Fine Licht is keen for the zombie fly-fungus system to be taught in schools, to draw in younger science enthusiasts. He and Edwards recently published instructions on how to observe the zombify ...

After two long years, the highly anticipated second season of HBO’s The Last of Us is almost here. In the new season, five ...

Instantly, they know they are near a person infected with the plague that has killed their world: a fungus that takes over ...

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In "The Last of Us," cordyceps — a real fungus that infects insects — evolves into a harmful pathogen for humans due to a ...

For newcomers, the story revolves around a pandemic caused by the Cordyceps fungus, turning people into terrifying, zombie-like creatures. While some describe these infected humans as similar to ...

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 ...

In a recent Nature paper, Dr. Kronstad and co-authors highlight a warming climate as a potential contributor to the spread of ...

Science writer Mindy Weisberger speaks to Live Science about the parasites that turn their hosts — whether ant, beetle or ...

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