Fungal infection from the Southwest may spread with ... cord-eh-septs Un-i-lat-er-al-is," but you can call it the zombie ant fungus. A spore invades the ant and through a combination of chemical ...

The fungus can control the ant by simply infiltrating its muscles ... they’re far more likely to infect those dealing with another illness. These infections can jeopardize new advancements in a ...

Are we in danger of a zombie ant apocalypse anytime soon ... according to Floyd Wormley, a researcher of fungal infections and associate provost for research at Texas Christian University.

It then compels the insect to seek height and remain there ... "That may be one reason why we're seeing more fungal infections in human humans, but again, to date, none of them are cordyceps ...

a fungal infection found in tropical locations that has the unfortunately apt nickname “zombie ant fungus.” O. unilateralis slowly hijacks an ant’s motor functions until the ant is compelled ...

He talks about a fungus that ants can be infected with that controls ... of puppets with poisoned minds" intent on spreading the infection and making a treatment or cure would be totally impossible.

if the fungus evolved to infect humans, that doesn't necessarily mean that it would be able to control human behavior as it does with the ants. "Infection and manipulation are two completely ...

With season 2 unfolding, the science of the fungal horror drama is becoming shakier. It is a pity that the creators haven’t thought about terrifying scenarios of real-life infection, says Corrado Nai ...

TL;DR: A new fungus, G. attenboroughii ... it was a real condition (Ophiocordyceps unilateralis) occurring in ants that inspired the infection in The Last of Us. You can add a new fear to the ...

The group has written a paper describing the experiments they conducted with black garden ants and fungal infections in their lab and posted it on the bioRxiv preprint server. Prior research has ...