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

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

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.

The researchers found that climate change is contributing to the spread of harmful fungi, creating more favorable conditions ...

In "The Last of Us," cordyceps — a real fungus that infects insects — evolves into a harmful pathogen for humans due to a warming climate. In reality, "zombie-ant fungus" or Ophiocordyceps ...

The outbreak that causes the entire world to collapse in The Last of Us comes from a mutated strain of the Cordyceps fungus, and our non-zombie zombies come from this fungus and the infection it ...

"Zombie spiders" have now joined tarantulas in the UK, according to researchers. Sightings have been made of newly discovered ...

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 ...