The cordyceps species in "The Last of Us," Ophiocordyceps unilateralis, is real and does exactly what the show purports —just ...

The new Ophiocordyceps species, found only in flies, are related to the pathogen featured in the video game and TV series “The Last of Us.” ...

Odd plants from a remote Pacific island reveal new insights into an important ecological question: how unrelated and ...

Laccaic acid, thought to be produced by lac insects, is produced by a symbiont similar to the zombie ant fungus ...

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 ...

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Two bits of amber discovered in a lab basement hold ancient evidence of a fungi famous for controlling the minds of its victims.

Sneaky chemistry by a real-life “Last of Us” Cordyceps fungus mind controls its zombie insect victims by convincing them they’re starving.