Yes, the fungus is among us. The video game-inspired hit zombie apocalypse show “The Last of Us” draws its inspiration from our own reality and ecology: The show’s fatal fungus exists throughout ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." “The fungi spreads through spores. A spore lands on an ant and produces a tube that bores through the ...

A fly is going about its day, buzzing here, buzzing there—but then, it starts behaving weirdly. Its movements become sluggish; its abdomen swells. Its body sprouts white fuzz. Around sunset, there’s a ...

In the video game and HBO show The Last of Us, humans struggle to survive after an infectious fungus turns ordinary people into zombies. Creators of the franchise didn’t look far for inspiration — the ...

A glob of 99 million-year-old amber has preserved an ancient fly in horror show fashion: with the mushroom-like fruiting body of zombie fungus bursting forth from its head.The insect, along with a ...

The zombie apocalypse depicted in the popular video game series and newly adapted HBO series “The Last of Us” derives from a mutation to a type of fungus called cordyceps. Surprise! Cordyceps is real.

Some scientists have reassured "The Last Of Us" fans that the grim Cordyceps scenario will remain relegated to television.

In the video game and HBO show The Last of Us, an infectious fungi turns humans into zombies. In the video game and HBO show The Last of Us, humans struggle to survive after an infectious fungus turns ...