Zombie fungi were already controlling insects 100 million years ago, according to a recent study of fossils trapped in ...

Fungi can be wonderful. Penicillium molds produce the antibiotic penicillin, which has saved untold lives by warding off ...

Paleoophiocordyceps gerontoformicae and Paleoophiocordyceps ironomyiae are the names given to two newly discovered ancient ...

Long before humans walked the Earth, while dinosaurs were still roaming the land, a parasitic fungus hijacked the mind of a ...

The cordyceps species in "The Last of Us," Ophiocordyceps unilateralis, is real and does exactly what the show purports —just ...

An ant and fly from the Cretaceous period offer insights into the history of Ophiocordyceps, the fungal parasite made popular ...

Fortunately, real-world zombifying fungi and most other mind-controlling parasites restrict their horrific physical transformations and mind-control to insects and other invertebrates. However, humans ...

Researchers have highlighted a new type of mind-altering parasite that takes over spiders and changes how they act.

Antimicrobial resistance not only undermines the efficacy of current treatments but also endangers the entirety of modern ...

Zombie Fungi Hijack Hosts’ Brains Mind-controlling fungi are changing the ways that scientists understand host-parasite relationships.

Aspergillus species are "widespread environmental saprotrophs" that can cause severe infections in humans, livestock, and plants.