Learn more about the newly identified fungus that is taking over spiders and why it's similar to the Cordyceps fungi that ...

Some parasites exist only in the eyes of the world’s oldest sharks, while researchers have been researching fungus that ...

In an Irish cave, a TV crew found a dead spider covered with a fungus. The fungus turned out to be a new species that turned ...

A fungus named in honour of Sir David Attenborough has been found infecting and manipulating spiders in a Northern Ireland ...

It's the stuff of nightmares - or even the hit TV show and video game The Last of Us: a novel fungus that turns its hosts ...

"The Last of Us" season 2 will premiere in April, and be seven episodes long. Both Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey reprise ...

Cordyceps, a variety of fungi that grows predominantly on insect larvae, especially caterpillars, has been an integral part of traditional Chinese medicine for hundreds of years. It has been used ...

A talented gamer makes an awesome PlayStation controller that takes inspiration from the Cordyceps fungus found in The Last ...

This behaviour mirrors the actions of Brazilian rainforest ants infected by the cordyceps fungi, which is featured in the post-apocalyptic TV series The Last of US. A 2016 study provided the first ...