Alternatively, the fungus's presence and physiological changes in the fly may trigger the fly's own ... have inspired popular ...

But the zombie fungus makes males flick their wings for ... “Like it tries to mate, it flies around, it walks on plants. Yet, a third of its body has been replaced by fungus.

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

The newly discovered species, named Gibellula attenboroughii, acts in a similar way as the zombie ant fungus, seemingly manipulating its prey to move to a more suitable spot for the fungus to ...

Chinese factories are producing thousands of tonnes of a "green zombie fungus" to help fight the swarms of locusts plaguing east Africa. Metarhizium is a genus of fungi with nearly 50 species ...

Scientists say the behaviour of the fungus mirrors that of ants infected by fungi of the genus Ophiocordyceps, previously reported from the Atlantic rainforest of Brazil. The story of the "zombie ...

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 ...