Zombie fungi were already controlling insects 100 million years ago, according to a recent study of fossils trapped in ...

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

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

Scientists find 99 million-year-old zombie fungus in very rare fossils from the dinosaur era (Representative image created with AI) A piece of 99 million-year-old amber has revealed a shocking sight.

The Last of Us zombie fungus hijacked minds even as early as dinosaur era, scientists find - Fungal fossils trapped in amber ...

Deep in the jungle, a sinister fungus turns insects into mindless puppets hijacking their bodies, steering their movements, and eventually erupting from their corpses to spread its spores. It’s ...

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.

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.

Unreal Amber Fossils Show ‘Last of Us’ Zombie Fungus Terrorizing Bugs During the Cretaceous Researchers discovered two previously unknown species of parasitic fungi inside ancient amber fossils.

Science Real-life ‘Last of Us’ zombie fungus discovered — and it may have lived alongside dinosaurs Parasitic fungi have been with us since at least the Cretaceous period zombifying insects ...

Chinese Academy of Sciences researchers report that fossilized entomopathogenic fungi from mid-Cretaceous amber reveal some of the oldest direct evidence of parasitic relationships between fungi ...

A potentially deadly fungus known as "pharaoh's curse fungus" could offer an unexpected path to fighting cancer, recent research shows. Scientists from the University of Pennsylvania modified ...