A fungal disease could soon bring infected cicadas to your backyard. Massospora cicadina is a fungal pathogen that infects ...

Deep in the jungle, a sinister fungus turns insects into mindless puppets hijacking their bodies, steering their movements, and eventually erupting from their corpses to spread its spores. It’s ...

At least 10% of cicadas in the Midwest were infected with the fungus, Cooley told the Independent. The issue is "even stranger than science fiction. This is a sexually transmitted zombie disease ...

The infected ant abandons its normal behaviour and colony responsibilities, entering what scientists call the ‘zombie phase.’ ...

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 ...

If cicada-spotters are patient, they could pinpoint a zombie or two. But even if they don’t find any, the sheer number of periodical cicadas is impressive to behold. With predictions of as many as 1.5 ...

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 ...

"Zombie spiders" and Darwin's HMS Beagle collection are among the fungi being digitally archived by scientists at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Kew's Fungarium, an archive beneath the west London ...

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 ...