Season two of The Last Of Us is here – and yep, the fungus is still freaking us out. The HBO hit shows a world destroyed by a ...

As Season 2 premieres, the characters in HBO’s “The Last of Us” have been battling a deadly fungus for 25 years and counting.

HBO’s The Last of Us might be a dystopian thrill ride, but how real is its core concept that a fungus could hijack the human ...

Scientists say the risk to humans, while extremely low, is not zero.

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

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 ...

Cordyceps - also known as the zombie-ant fungus - is real, but it immobilizes insects and other bugs and not humans. It also doesn’t control the brain, although you could be fooled. It ...

Science writer Mindy Weisberger speaks to Live Science about the parasites that turn their hosts — whether ant, beetle or caterpillar — into zombie-like puppets that act against their own interests.

“It’s kept certain parts of their brain alive, so they are smarter ... If you’re lucky, you might just spot a summited ant or fly bursting with fungal life. The PopSci team has tested ...