After posting his discovery online, Jenkins was told that the creatures were infected with a ‘zombie parasite’ – an ...

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that turns caterpillars into zombies. It’s part of the same Cordyceps fungal group that inspired the video game and later the HBO series The Last of Us. The caterpillar fungus is believed to be ...

The game itself, though full of great set pieces ... Lots to look forward to in The Last of Us series when it comes to zombies and fungus. With much more infected shenanigans coming in season ...

HBO's The Last of Us depicts a "zombie fungus" which has led the world into ruin. Unlike the typical monster-like zombies often depicted in media, the zombies in The Last of Us have been infected ...

Scientists have discovered a never-before-seen mind-controlling fungus that creates spider "zombies" after it was stumbled upon in a Victorian gunpowder store on the grounds of a destroyed Irish ...

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

1 This fascination has spread beyond the scientific community into pop culture, as evidenced by video games and movies like The Last of ... While Ophiocordyceps is likely the best-known zombie fungus, ...

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It's the stuff of nightmares - or even the hit TV show and video game The Last of Us: a novel fungus that turns its hosts into "zombies". Thankfully, so far, it's only been found in spiders ...

The ability to turn insects into “zombies” served as inspiration for the video game’s creators. As for cordyceps’ affect on humans, the fungus has been used in herbal medicine, and Four ...