For newcomers, the story revolves around a pandemic caused by the Cordyceps fungus, turning people into terrifying, zombie-like creatures. While some describe these infected humans as similar to ...

Yunqing Jian (33) and Zunyong Liu (34) — have been accused of trying to smuggle a deadly fungus into the United States, with ...

In "The Last of Us," cordyceps — a real fungus that infects insects — evolves into a harmful pathogen for humans due to a warming climate. In reality, "zombie-ant fungus" or Ophiocordyceps ...

The outbreak that causes the entire world to collapse in The Last of Us comes from a mutated strain of the Cordyceps fungus, and our non-zombie zombies come from this fungus and the infection it ...

For fans of the show’s lead villain, Cordyceps fungus, there’s also reason to celebrate. The show’s first season featured two distinct infection stages, called clickers and bloaters.

Fans of The Last of Us will be horrified to learn that a fungus that sounds eerily similar to the Cordyceps fungus that turned the world upside down in the video-game-turned-television-series has ...