Deep within tropical forests, the Ophiocordyceps fungus transforms insects into "zombies" by infiltrating their bodies and ...

The solution to one of the biggest challenges facing the survivors of The Last of Us was already revealed in the first season ...

The original game, The Last of Us (2013), follows Joel and Ellie on a perilous road journey across a devastated America, with ...

For fans of the show’s lead villain, Cordyceps fungus, there’s also reason to celebrate. The show’s first season featured two distinct infection stages, called clickers and bloaters.

Seattle is home to Clarion West, a literary non-profit that specializes in speculative fiction. And on July 12, it's ...

The Hollywood debut. The Chinese have been using cordyceps for hundreds of years; the West, however, has barely woken up to ...

In the video game The Last of Us and its spin-off HBO series, humans fight to survive against cordyceps, a parasitic fungus ...

One of the biggest changes HBO’s The Last of Us made in season one was to forego the presence of spores. In the video games characters have to wear gas masks when they travel because cordyceps ...

Can cordyceps infect humans? In "The Last of Us," cordyceps — a real fungus that infects insects — evolves into a harmful pathogen for humans due to a warming climate.

The popularity of Cordyceps supplements has been on the rise lately, as they are thought to provide various health benefits. Cordyceps, a specific type of fungus, grows on caterpillar larvae in ...

Cordyceps are parasitic fungi that usually attack insects, arthropods, or other fungi. Essentially, the Cordyceps fungus doesn’t tend to bug us too much in real life.