I have never really been interested in ghosts, mummies or zombies, not even at Halloween. But as October 31 approaches each year, I am reminded of a biological tale involving all three. It's the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If we’re to believe HBO’s zombie apocalypse series The Last of Us, the end of humankind comes via the tentacles of a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A “zombie ant” that has been infected by the parasitic fungus Complex Ophiocordyceps unilateralis. Those left disappointed by the ...

Currently a features writer at Collider, Elisa Guimarães is an arts and entertainment journalist and a critic with over a decade of experience. Passionate about movies and TV shows as a whole, she ...

If you’re like me, you’ve had a long withstanding date with the couch on Sunday nights to watch HBO’s breakout show The Last of Us. The show is about how the human population fights to survive a ...

Not that they need any help, but HBO’s “The Last of Us” has made mushrooms cooler than ever, thanks to the prominent role a parasitic fungus plays in the collapse of society. The creators of the TV ...

Yes, the fungus is among us. The video game-inspired hit zombie apocalypse show “The Last of Us” draws its inspiration from our own reality and ecology: The show’s fatal fungus exists throughout ...

Now, thanks to The Last of Us HBO TV series, scientists who are experts on fungi are getting a chance to step into the pop-culture spotlight and share some of the more frightening realities of what ...

SAN DIEGO — On the heels of a real pandemic, the new HBO drama "The Last of Us" is turning heads in its display of a post-apocalyptic America after a fungal infection spreads rampantly amongst humans.

In the hit HBO Max show The Last of Us, humans are infected with the cordyceps fungi turning them into zombie-like creatures, prompting some to wonder — is that something to worry about? Kimberlee ...

If you’ve been following HBO’s breakout hit The Last of Us—a story of people navigating a post-apocalyptic world where the cordyceps brain infection (CBI) has turned most of mankind into zombies—then ...

Talk with any mycologist these days—really, anyone who’s obsessed with fungi—and it won’t take long to arrive at the subject of the zombie apocalypse. Obviously, fungi can be terrifying. They are the ...