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

Learn more about the newly identified fungus that is taking over spiders and why it's similar to the Cordyceps fungi that ...

In an Irish cave, a TV crew found a dead spider covered with a fungus. The fungus turned out to be a new species that turned ...

Biodegradable battery invented by scientists in Switzerland Fungi, which is the building block of mushrooms, is the core ...

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 ...

A fungus named in honour of Sir David Attenborough has been found infecting and manipulating spiders in a Northern Ireland ...

Cordyceps, a variety of fungi that grows predominantly on insect larvae, especially caterpillars, has been an integral part of traditional Chinese medicine for hundreds of years. It has been used ...

A talented gamer makes an awesome PlayStation controller that takes inspiration from the Cordyceps fungus found in The Last ...

"The Last of Us" season 2 will premiere in April, and be seven episodes long. Both Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey reprise ...

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 ...