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

The cicadas are coming. Billions of the insects from Brood XIV are emerging from Tennessee to Georgia to Massachusetts this ...

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

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

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

In "The Last of Us," cordyceps — a real fungus that infects insects — evolves into a harmful pathogen for humans due to a warming climate. In reality, "zombie-ant fungus" or Ophiocordyceps ...

The parasite basically forms its own nervous system of fungal cells, which allow it to control the ants’ muscles like a puppet. The infected ant is forced to climb the stem of a plant to the ...

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

“It takes time for the parasite to establish itself in a host ... for knowledge gaps and unexplored corners of the enigmatic fungal realm. Their continued ties to the fungal realm and the ...

Allow yourself to be bitten and become utterly infected by this brilliant post-apocalyptic zombie drama with a stellar cast ...

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.