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 ...

The video game sequel led to death threats, toxic tweets and trans rows. Will HBO’s TV version escape the culture wars?

The Last of Us is back on April 13 and this season is more realistic than ever. The trailer for the hit HBO series appears to show the 'zombie fungus' cordyceps infecting humans by releasing air-borne ...

Mushrooms may not be capable of triggering a zombie apocalypse like in “The Last of Us,” but they do have the power to transform many a dish.

The researchers found that climate change is contributing to the spread of harmful fungi, creating more favorable conditions ...

In a recent Nature paper, Dr. Kronstad and co-authors highlight a warming climate as a potential contributor to the spread of ...

As a landmark WHO report warns of a lack of treatments and diagnosis, we investigate a threat that now kills twice as many ...