Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. "The Last of Us" on HBO Max depicts a zombie apocalypse caused by a fungus pandemic. Experts say mind-controlling mushrooms aren't ...

Cordyceps infects the brains of ants in the real world, so how plausible is the fungi apocalypse in HBO's hit new show? Jackson Ryan was CNET's science editor, and a multiple award-winning one at that ...

Through a microscope, Matt Nelsen peers at an ant clinging to a branch with a death grip. A long spike shoots from the insect’s back — the calling card of the “zombie” fungus that killed this tiny ...