Experts have announced their findings, describing the fungus as ... about the so-called zombie fungus found in Scotland. Scientists have found a fungus that resembles Cordyceps from HBO's 'The ...

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 horrifying capabilities of Cordyceps fungi have inspired popular culture, notably the zombie-apocalypse video game and TV ...

Indeed, Cordyceps has long been studied by the scientific community and is even found in a number of health supplements. But don’t worry - so far none of these "zombie fungi" have evolved to ...

Zombie storylines like most myco-fiction, even those based on real life behavior-modifying fungi like Cordyceps, still play fast and loose with science in pursuit of drama. “Behavioral ...

I'm Jeremy Roth. A wildlife researcher in the Peruvian Amazon has discovered a tarantula infected by the "zombie fungus" Cordyceps, a rare and eerie find."It took over his nervous system and ...

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 ...

With the hit HBO series "The Last of Us" returning for Season 2 on April 13, fans captivated by the terrifying concept of a fungal pandemic that turns humans into zombies once again face the question: ...