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 forced him to come to ...

The hit TV series, ‘The Last of Us’, has captured the world’s imagination with its terrifying story of a zombie apocalypse caused by a mind-controlling fungus. In the show, a mutated fungus ...

Humans aren't the only ones susceptible to the psychedelic effects of fungi. Cicadas are feeling the effects on a deadly level. For the winged bugs, this is "Night of the Living Dead." A mind ...

Wildlife researcher Chris Ketola shared a video which shows a tarantula infected by zombie fungus. His video has left people terrified. Could the fungus from The Last of Us that infected humans ...

A field researcher working in the Peruvian Amazon stumbled upon a dead tarantula infected by 'zombie fungus' and captured the nightmarish sight on video. The zombie fungus, formally known as ...

A rare fungus that acts like the Cordyceps fungus ... which turns humans into terrifying zombie-like creatures called Clickers. The idea was used for HBO’s phenomenally popular The Last of ...

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 ...