From being the main antagonist of a major video game and now television franchise, zombie fungus like cordyceps have quickly ...

Scientists have discovered two new species of ancient parasitic fungi preserved in amber dating back 99 million years.

With anti-fatigue, anti-aging, anti-inflammatory and anti-cancer claims, are cordyceps, a parasitic fungi, the best superfood ...

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

The mind-controlling “zombie” fungus, which served as the inspiration for the video game and post-apocalyptic TV show The Last of Us, emerged about 133 million years ago when dinosaurs roamed Earth, a ...

Worldwide, there are hundreds of species of Cordyceps. Most of them prey on insects.They're famous for hijacking the brains of some ants. Once the fungus takes over, it directs the ant to climb to ...

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

In reality, "zombie-ant fungus" or Ophiocordyceps unilateralis, is a parasitic fungus that infects and manipulates the behavior of carpenter ants, ultimately leading to their death. Dr. Jim Kronstad, ...

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 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 ...