Student journalist Taryn Pollock explains what the ophiocordyceps unilateralis fungus is and why it is commonly called the ...

Researchers show that cordycepin, a compound from Cordyceps militaris, can boost endurance and protect brain function in mice ...

A parasitic fungus illness known as Cordyceps brain infection (abbreviated CBI) causes an epidemic that transforms human ...

Jenna El-Attar/ Guest Artist The horrifying thing that scientists discovered was that these ants could be described as undead, but not because the fungus controlled the ... of these findings in ...

The devil’s cigar mushroom only grows in two places – Texas and Japan, and no one knows why. Ever heard of the zombie ant mushroom that makes the insect walk to the right place for the fungus to grow?