When The Last of Us first appeared on screens, it wasn't only the story that had viewers in its clutches — it was the horrifying possibility: What if this really did happen? A world where a fungal mut ...

The zombie-ant fungus in The Last of Us is real-but not a danger to humans Learn what science says about Cordyceps fungal ...

Periodical 17-year cicadas in Brood XIV—one of 15 broods found only in North America—begin to creep from their underground ...

The spores were picked up by scientists as they drifted in the stratosphere, which typically has harsh conditions that would ...

Rise of the Zombie Bugs” explores how parasites create real-life zombies in the insect and invertebrate world.

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

Learn how some fungi turn insects into zombies, others infect humans, and how they can’t be killed with drugs.

Fungus and cicada, zombifier and zombie: their relationship is at least 100 million years old, and scientists are still piecing together how it works, says Matt Kasson, a mycologist at West ...

The widespread use of antifungals, especially in farming, is reducing their effectiveness and making untreatable, fatal ...

Antifungal resistance - less discussed and well known than antimicrobial resistance (AMR) - is spreading and leaving people more vulnerable to related infections, some of them deadly.These fungal ...