Not that they need any help, but HBO’s “The Last of Us” has made mushrooms cooler than ever, thanks to the prominent role a parasitic fungus plays in the collapse of society. The creators of the TV ...

The Cordyceps fungus has evolved a terrifying ability to hijack the bodies of insects – but it's also being studied for an impressive range of potential medicinal effects. Researchers have found a way ...

Video games are brimming with Easter eggs. Developers will hide delightful secrets for players to discover, like new games or sly references to fan favorites. There are even cases of game-changing ...

Just in time for Halloween, scientists in Korea say they’ve found a better way to grow an insect-destroying mushroom in the lab. Their work could make studying these fungi easier, which is important, ...

SAN DIEGO — On the heels of a real pandemic, the new HBO drama "The Last of Us" is turning heads in its display of a post-apocalyptic America after a fungal infection spreads rampantly amongst humans.

The hit HBO show "The Last of Us" may have taken the world by storm this year (and the video game world nearly a decade ago), but the villain in the series has been around much longer than either of ...

I first heard about them when I was in the depths of my YouTube-induced vegan era. Functional mushrooms were just beginning to come onto the scene (or were just starting to be pumped into my algorithm ...

Mallory Arnold was born and raised in Ohio but currently resides and writes from Nashville, Tennessee. She likes running marathons, testing out fun new recipes, and writing about the fascinating, the ...

The parasitic fungus, Cordyceps, joins the league of Zombie fascination. The Cordyceps Brain Infection is the determining factor of wiping out human civilization in Naughty Dog's game The Last Of Us.

Just like the video game it’s based on, the zombie outbreak in The Last of Us on HBO was caused by the spread of a fungus knowns as Cordyceps. This parasite takes over the brains of its host, turning ...

In the video game and HBO show The Last of Us, humans struggle to survive after an infectious fungus turns ordinary people into zombies. Creators of the franchise didn't look far for inspiration — the ...

No, that isn't a leaked image from the upcoming sequel to "The Last of Us." That's a real close-up of what was left of a fly's head after it was infected with the Cordyceps fungus. As a macro ...