In the dense forests of South America and Southeast Asia, a parasite operates with chilling precision. Ophiocordyceps unilateralis, often called the zombie-ant fungus, infects ants, invades their ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The fungus prominently displayed in The Last of Us is a real fungus. However, the one in the series differs from the real-life ...

We're bringing this story back after the CDC said Monday that the fungus Candida auris spread at an alarming rate from 2020 to 2021. Those with minimal health risks are likely in the clear. In HBO’s ...

The hit HBO show "The Last of Us" may have taken the world by storm this year (and the video game world nearly a decade ago), but the villain in the series has been around much longer than either of ...

Imagine you’re walking through an old, abandoned building and all of a sudden you hear the terrifying clicking sound that you know comes from zombies. Civilization has all but been destroyed thanks to ...

(CNN) — A glob of 99 million-year-old amber has preserved an ancient fly in horror show fashion: with the mushroom-like fruiting body of zombie fungus bursting forth from its head. The insect, along ...

Explore 100 weird things found in nature that don't make sense! From zombie ants to dancing plants, uncover bizarre phenomena ...

Scientists have discovered two new species of ancient parasitic fungi preserved in amber dating back 99 million years. The fungi were growing out of the bodies of host insects that became trapped in ...

(CNN) — 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 ...