The new Ophiocordyceps species, found only in flies, are related to the pathogen featured in the video game and TV series ...

An ant and fly from the Cretaceous period offer insights into the history of Ophiocordyceps, the fungal parasite made popular ...

This week, see zombie fungi trapped in an amber fossil, explore the sun’s hidden south pole, meet tool-using whales that ...

In the video game The Last of Us and its spin-off HBO series, humans fight to survive against cordyceps, a parasitic fungus that turns its hosts into zombies. While the infections are wildly ...

A TEAM of scientists claim to have created the world’s lightest mind control device – for bees. The tiny brain controller ...

Sneaky chemistry by a real-life “Last of Us” Cordyceps fungus mind controls its zombie insect victims by convincing them they’re starving.

Paleoophiocordyceps gerontoformicae and Paleoophiocordyceps ironomyiae are the names given to two newly discovered ancient ...

Long before humans walked the Earth, while dinosaurs were still roaming the land, a parasitic fungus hijacked the mind of a ...

Singh's girlfriend Rin (Nuttanicha Dungwattanawanich) has a more conventional career, employed as a doctor at one of the city ...

A new study indicates the mind-controlling " zombie " fungus, Ophiocordyceps, which inspired video game and television show ...

A glob of 99 million-year-old amber has preserved an ancient fly in horror show fashion: with the mushroom-like fruiting body of zombie fungus bursting forth from its head.