Scientists have gained some guarded optimism in efforts to protect and save bats from white-nose disease. Now there's a whole ...

Aspergillus flavus has also been known to infect crops, “posing a potential threat to food security,” CNN reports. Warming ...

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When I think about the zombie apocalypse on “The Last of Us,” I am not thinking about the possibly apocalyptic things that ...

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HBO's TV series "The Last of Us" shows a world ravaged by a "zombie ... fungus" that has the ability to infect and control people's minds. While human mind–controlling fungi do not yet exist in ...

With season 2 unfolding, the science of the fungal horror drama is becoming shakier. It is a pity that the creators haven’t thought about terrifying scenarios of real-life infection, says Corrado Nai ...

The icky part? This fungus takes over its host's mind. But before everyone freaks out about mushroom zombies, the fungal infection depicted in "The Last of Us" is highly unlikely to occur in real life ...

This has led many fans to wonder: could a zombie fungus like this ever infect people in real life? What Is Aspergillus and Why Is It Dangerous? Aspergillus is a mould found in soil, air ...

The fungus that zombifies humanity in the show is based on Ophiocordyceps, a real fungal group that infects ants, takes over their brains and bodies, and turns them into spore factories. But this ...