In HBO’s The Last of Us, the apocalypse doesn’t come courtesy of nukes or aliens, it comes from Cordyceps. This real-life parasitic fungus turns humans into terrifying, fast-evolving nightmares. From ...

The idea of zombies has fascinated humans for centuries. Real-life parasites have been taking over the minds of insects for ...

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

If you’re reading this, Hollywood, there’s a fun twist on the zombie trope here: imagine a world where infected humans start building houses for the zombies. This parasite functions like a ...

The Last of Us has a wide variety of different zombie and infected types ... and move like humans. Stalkers are those Infected who have been infected anywhere between two weeks and a year.

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

The trailer for the hit HBO series appears to show the "zombie fungus" cordyceps infecting humans by releasing airborne spores, instead of through tentacles—closer to scientific reality.

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 ...

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 ...

In Season 1 of the TV series, which was adapted from a 2013 video game with the same name, the cordyceps zombies used tentacles to infect humans. But Season 2 reveals that the zombies have also ...

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.