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

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. One of the biggest changes HBO’s The Last of Us made in season one was to forego the presence of spores. In the video games ...

Cordyceps mushrooms have boomed in popularity over the last few years, with people using it to help improve energy levels throughout the day, without having to worry about a caffeine crash. On top of ...

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

The Last of Us is more than just another zombie apocalypse franchise. It introduces a scenario that's drawn from reality: the cordyceps fungus. Cordyceps are a real-life parasitic fungus that spreads ...

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 ...

HBO’s adaptation of The Last of Us opened in an unlikely place. The series began in 1968 with an epidemiologist explaining why his greatest worry for mankind was a parasitic fungus that could turn ...

One of the biggest changes HBO’s The Last of Us made in season one was to forego the presence of spores. In the video games characters have to wear gas masks when they travel because cordyceps is ...

HBO and Four Sigmatic’s Original The Last Of Us – Organic High Caf Ground Coffee (which we first heard about at GameSpot) aims to add some fun(gus) to your morning cup of joe. This limited edition ...