And then as he died, the fungus sprouted out of his body allowing the spores to spread if Corps sounds familiar. It's probably because it inspired the popular video game turned hit zombie TV ...

In art and inspiration, flourishes are always welcome, and anyone working on these fungi knows they are more interesting than we can imagine anyway.” Either way, it is undeniable that zombie ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...