A new HBO hit show, called The Last of Us, is gaining popularity and possibly inspiring a fear of fungi. In the show, a species of fungus infects humans and turns them into living zombies who then ...

This video dives into the disturbing world of parasites capable of turning their hosts into real-life zombies. Scientists reveal how these organisms invade bodies and seize control of behavior with ...

The zombies are identifiable by the fungi bursting from their bodies: a thicket of spiky tendrils, a miniature garden of mushroom-like fruiting bodies. These fungal parasites act as puppeteers, ...

What if we told you the zombie apocalypse - at least for ants - is already real? In this video, we explore the real-life ...

In one episode, a swarm of formerly human mutants emerge from a suburban crater with faces that seem to have burst outward into the kind of mushroomy blossoms you’d find under a log in the forest.

The zombies are identifiable by the fungi bursting from their bodies: a thicket of spiky tendrils, a miniature garden of mushroom-like fruiting bodies. These fungal parasites act as puppeteers, ...