A brain-eating pathogen continues to wreak havoc in the second series of The Last of Us – which is so far-fetched, right?

The premise of zombie fungus can quickly turn into a horror story when reimagined as a sci-fi creature infecting humans, such as in the HBO series “The Last of Us,” said to have been inspired ...

Even if they could survive inside our bodies, these fungi would struggle to turn humans into zombies. Dr de Bekker, a zombie fungus expert from Utrecht University, told MailOnline: 'We have ...

Some eventually mutate into creatures with mushrooms growing ... a real fungal parasite that’s been called the “Zombie-Ant Fungus” because it infects insects and spiders.

The ability to turn insects into “zombies” served as inspiration for the video game’s creators. As for cordyceps’ affect on humans, the fungus has been used in herbal medicine, and Four ...

The outbreak that causes the entire world to collapse in The Last of Us comes from a mutated strain of the Cordyceps fungus, and our non-zombie zombies ... rather than turn into Bloaters, people ...

While cordyceps may turn people into flesh-eating, undead creatures on the show, it doesn’t cause any of those symptoms in real life. In fact, the fungus ... fun coffee and zombie moment.

The new season of HBO's popular series 'The Last of Us' could offer a glimpse into the future, as researchers have recently discovered that the Cordyceps fungus featured in the show is evolving in ...