The setup for The Last of Us video game and TV series involves a fungus that evolves due to climate change to infect swathes ...

Molds and yeast on human bodies and in the air are becoming increasingly resistant to treatment. Experts say the microbes are ...

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When The Last of Us first appeared on screens, it wasn't only the story that had viewers in its clutches — it was the ...

One of the world’s most widely cultivated edible mushrooms, Lentinula edodes - or shiitake - has a lesser-known British connection. This holotype specimen was collected during the Challenger ...

The insects from this group were last seen in 2008 and will appear across the eastern U.S. for a brief, dramatic frenzy of ...

The Aspergillus fungus is a known threat in tropical and subtropical climates but could soon spread across Europe and reach ...

Cordyceps are parasitic fungi that usually attack insects, arthropods, or other fungi. Essentially, the Cordyceps fungus doesn’t tend to bug us too much in real life. However, in The Last of Us ...

Getty More than 70 people who visited a farm in Wales have been infected by a parasite. Public Health Wales announced that it has confirmed that 74 people have been infected with cryptosporidium ...

Corn earworms are one of the most economically harmful pests in North America, and they can quickly become resistant to ...

Cryptococcus neoformans, which causes a potentially deadly form of meningitis, topped WHO’s list of the four fungal parasites that are most critical priority for research and new drug development.