But scientists say that global pandemic-causing fungus featured in the HBO series The Last of Us could lead to a game-changing cancer treatment. Cordyceps militaris, also known as caterpillar fungus, ...

I n 2023, researchers uncovered new insights into the eerie world of fungi that transform insects into "zombies." Carolyn ...

Insect body snatchers One of the most famous examples is the zombie ant fungus, Ophiocordyceps unilateralis, which is part of a larger group known as Cordyceps fungi. This fungus inspired the ...

The closest you're likely to come to a zombifying fungus is through watching scary movies or playing video games. If you're lucky, you might find a zombie ant or fly in your own neighborhood. And if ...

“Ants—like us—have biological clocks ... While Ophiocordyceps is likely the best-known zombie fungus, it’s certainly not the only one. “This happens so much in nature, maybe more than we [will] ever ...

The fungus is part of a family of mushrooms called ophiocordyceps, with The Last of Us imagining a mutated strain that uses humans as hosts. Ants infected ophiocordyceps die moments before a large ...

The closest you’re likely to come to a zombifying fungus is through watching scary movies or playing video games. If you’re lucky, you might find a zombie ant or fly in your own neighborhood.

The closest you’re likely to come to a zombifying fungus is through watching scary movies or playing video games. If you’re lucky, you might find a zombie ant or fly in your own neighborhood. And if ...