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

What if we told you the zombie apocalypse - at least for ants - is already real? In this video, we explore the real-life ...

The Last of Us series offers a different take on a zombie outbreak. Here's what you need to know about the Cordyceps fungus ...

In "The Last of Us," cordyceps — a real fungus that infects insects — evolves into a harmful pathogen for humans due to a ...

After two long years, the highly anticipated second season of HBO’s The Last of Us is almost here. In the new season, five ...

In the insect world, these spores infect their hosts in a particularly gruesome fashion. Dr Charissa de Becker, an expert on zombie fungus from Utrecht University, says: 'When such spores land on ...

The Last of Us has a wide variety of different zombie and infected types that each ... They expel large spore clouds from their hulking bodies which cause acidic burns. The spores on their bodies ...

The trailer for the hit HBO series appears to show the “zombie fungus” cordyceps infecting humans by releasing air-borne spores, instead of through tentacles—closer to scientific reality. Spread the ...

Instead, they have become “zombies,” controlled by barely visible fungal puppet masters that direct the insects’ behaviors, steering them into optimal conditions for dispersing infectious spores.

In The Last of Us‘ universe, spores grow fungus in human brains until they eventually take over, creating a kind of zombie. The infection can also transmit via the saliva of those infected ...

The trailer for the hit HBO series appears to show the 'zombie fungus' cordyceps infecting humans by releasing air-borne spores, instead of through tentacles -- closer to scientific reality.