After two long years, the highly anticipated second season of HBO’s The Last of Us is almost here. In the new season, five ...

In "The Last of Us," cordyceps — a real fungus that infects insects — evolves into a harmful pathogen for humans due to a ...

The Last of Us series offers a different take on a zombie outbreak. Here's what you need to know about the Cordyceps fungus ...

Cordyceps, a genus of parasitic fungi that thrive on insect larvae ... scientific research—especially human studies—is still in its early stages. Regardless, supplements containing Cordyceps ...

The researchers found that climate change is contributing to the spread of harmful fungi, creating more favorable conditions ...

While the idea of fungi creating zombie-like humans may sound far-fetched ... "zombie-ant fungus" or Ophiocordyceps unilateralis, is a parasitic fungus that infects and manipulates the behavior ...