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

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 ...

Trillions of cicadas from two different broods are emerging simultaneously in the United States for the first time since 1803. This rare double emergence is drawing attention to a mind-bending ...

Among the species digitised by the Kew team is Gibellula attenboroughii - or David Attenborough's "zombie fungus" - named ...

This year, two "broods" of cicadas are emerging at the same time – and with them, reports of a mysterious fungus that is causing ... regarding cicadas — "zombie" and otherwise.

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 ...

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 ...

Tim Fogg walked past the zombie spider fungus many times over the years before he learned what it actually was. As someone who explores caves for a living, Fogg would often see little globs 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 ...

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 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 ...

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 ...