A newly discovered species of spider in the Ecuadorean Amazon mimics a pathogen, known as a zombie fungus, to protect itself.

Alexander Bentley, a herpetologist, is unfazed by cordyceps' presence in the Amazon. But after a finger poke of a ...

A newly discovered species of spider has been found working pretty hard to convince prospective prey in the Amazon that it’s ...

Those left disappointed by the lack of Cordyceps-induced zombies in season one, the show’s co-creator Craig Mazin offered reassurance in an interview with Empire Magazine, saying “for the people who ...

In the first series, the Cordyceps fungus (inspired by Ophiocordyceps unilateralis) was depicted growing tentacles to spread (who could forget Tess’s horrendous “ tendrils kiss ”). This would actually ...

The world of The Last of Us is one of the most dangerous zombie apocalypses ever imagined. Instead of a virus, the infection is caused by a mutated Cordyceps fungus that controls its hosts. But fungi ...

A disease-causing fungus featured in the post-apocalyptic TV series The Last of Us could lead to a gamechanging cancer drug, scientists say in a new study. In the dystopian world of the TV series, a ...

A rare fungus that acts like the Cordyceps fungus which inspired The Last of Us was recently discovered in a rainforest in Scotland. In Naughty Dog’s The Last of Us, mankind is devastated by the ...

A Carolina leaf-roller cricket infected with Cordyceps, the so-called “zombie fungus,” found at Betley Woods at Glacier’s End in southern Johnson County during the summer. The fungus, which takes over ...

On the hit zombie TV show "The Last of Us", cordyceps fungus mostly turns people into "superstrong killing machines", said Bloomberg. But in traditional medicine, the chilli-shaped fungi are "prized ...