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The Real Life Spores Behind 'The Last of Us' Turns Ants into Zombies
What if we told you the zombie apocalypse - at least for ants - is already real? In this video, we explore the real-life ...
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4 real-life zombie parasites that make The Last of Us look tame
Zombies are real – not in the walking dead sense, but there are parasites that can hack the brains of living creatures and ...
Scientists reveal what zombies would REALLY look like - and say the possessed humans in the Last of Us Season 2 aren't far off
MailOnline has used artificial intelligence (AI) to reveal exactly what zombies would like like in the real-world.
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Zombie ants found in Top End
Strange-looking ants being controlled by a fungus have been discovered on Jawoyn country during a Bush Blitz expedition.
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Scientists warn climate change could make ‘The Last of Us’ fungus scenario more plausible
Kronstad and his colleagues, in a recent review published in Nature, warned that this evolution could lead to more human infections. Rising temperatures allow fungi to thrive in new environments — and ...
Can climate change really create zombie fungi, like in "The Last of Us"?
In "The Last of Us," cordyceps — a real fungus that infects insects — evolves into a harmful pathogen for humans due to a ...
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'The parasite was in the driver's seat': The zombie ants that die gruesome deaths fit for a horror movie
"Once the egg hatches, the ant has only a few weeks of life before it succumbs to the manipulations of its attacker, stumbling away from its home and family and then undergoing decapitation from the ...
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Can climate change really create zombie fungi, like in "The Last of Us"?
In "The Last of Us," cordyceps — a real fungus that infects insects — evolves into a harmful pathogen for humans due to a warming climate. In reality, "zombie-ant fungus" or Ophiocordyceps ...