Real-Life Zombie Insects and the Fungus Behind Them Posted: March 12, 2025 | Last updated: March 12, 2025 Dive into the eerie world of nature’s real-life horror story a fungus that takes over ...

In this podcast, student journalist Taryn Pollock explains what the ophiocordyceps unilateralis fungus is and why it is commonly called the Zombie ant-virus. Taryn Pollock is a student at South ...

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Essentially, the Cordyceps fungus doesn’t tend to bug us too much in real life. However ... creating a kind of zombie. The infection can also transmit via the saliva of those infected, so ...

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Student journalist Taryn Pollock explains what the ophiocordyceps unilateralis fungus is and why it is commonly called the ...

I suppose, the first big thing about the zombies in The Last of ... Essentially, the Cordyceps fungus doesn’t tend to bug us too much in real life. However, in The Last of Us, a mutated version ...

Scientists in Europe have identified a previously unknown species of fungus that turns cave spiders into “zombies.” The fungus lures them out of their webs before instigating an untimely death ...