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 ...

A newly discovered species of fungus takes control of cave-dwelling spiders in Ireland and Northern Ireland, similar to the ...

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

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

It's the stuff of nightmares - or even the hit TV show and video game The Last of Us: a novel fungus that turns its hosts into "zombies". Thankfully, so far, it's only been found in spiders located in ...

It’s rather terrifying stuff. Cordyceps fungi are even used in the video game and TV show, The Last of Us, where the fungus infects human hosts and creates the end of the world. Luckily, cordyceps can ...

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 ...

ZOMBIE spiders’ have been found at an Irish beauty spot – and experts reckon there could be more around the country. The rare insects were found in White Fathers Cave, which ...

If you’ve watched or played The Last of Us, you’ll know the parasitic Cordyceps fungus infects its host by colonizing and consuming its body (admittedly, in the real world, it takes over ...

A fan customized a DualSense controller based on The Last of Us with Cordyceps fungus, bullet casings, and a Firefly logo. The controller gained popularity, with the maker confirming comfort and ...

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 ...