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 ...

I found more individuals with fungus coming out of the heads of the ants, like a unicorn horn. It was freaky!” The zombie ant phenomenon has been documented in tropical regions, but Bruce explained ...

Season 2 of HBO’s The Last of Us has gripped viewers once again. In it, a fungus turns humans into zombie-like creatures. But ...

This mind-controlling fungus, primarily Ophiocordyceps unilateralis ... Research indicates that infection rates in tropical forests can reach up to 6.5% of ant populations, representing a significant ...

Unsuspecting ants go about their normal routines until they encounter microscopic spores of a parasitic fungus from The Fungus That Can Turn Ants into Zombies - Animals Around The Globe Animals Around ...

A tiny, glittering tropical wasp stabs a cockroach ... had climbed to their doom. Unlike Ophiocordyceps-infected ants, which depart their colonies and seek a lonely leaf or twig after zombification, ...

Researchers are zeroing in on the Achilles' heel of pathogens that cause Chagas disease, sleeping sickness and leishmaniasis.

The efforts of a research team give hope for new treatment approaches for dangerous tropical diseases. The researchers have compiled a high-precision inventory of the membrane proteins of cell ...