In the remote, high-altitude pastures of Tibet, Nepal, Bhutan and India, the cordyceps is known by the Tibetan phrase yartsa ...

Cordyceps may enhance the body's production of adenosine triphosphate (ATP), a molecule critical for energy delivery to ...

From 'functional' varieties in health supplements to morel motifs on homeware, mushrooms are popping up everywhere, says ...

The discovery of so-called ‘zombie spiders’ in a network of caves that lie beneath an Irish prison has caught the attention ...

In the high Himalaya, what looks like a small, yellowish-brown tuber is worth its weight in gold. The film follows the poor ...

Fungal biology is the scientific discipline that concerns the biology of fungi, which include unicellular microorganisms as well as large multicellular organisms. Fungal biology is sometimes ...

Starring Bella Ramsey and Pedro Pascal, the show primarily takes place 20 years after the cordyceps fungus evolves to infect humans, generating hordes of aggressive creatures. Joel (Pascal), a ...

Fungal genetics is the study of the mechanisms of heritable information in fungi. Yeasts and filamentous fungi are extensively used as model organisms for eukaryotic genetic research, including ...

The fungus is host-specific, posing no threat to humans, and offers potential medicinal insights. When you hear the word 'cordyceps' - one might shudder at the mental visual of a fungus-brained ...

This behaviour mirrors the actions of Brazilian rainforest ants infected by the cordyceps fungi, which is featured in the post-apocalyptic TV series The Last of US. A 2016 study provided the first ...

A fungus named in honour of Sir David Attenborough has been found infecting and manipulating spiders in a Northern Ireland cave turning them into The Last of Us-style “zombies”. Researchers ...