A brain-eating pathogen continues to wreak havoc in the second series of The Last of Us – which is so far-fetched, right?

Rise of the Zombie Bugs” explores how parasites create real-life zombies in the insect and invertebrate world.

For fans of the show’s lead villain, Cordyceps fungus, there’s also reason to ... author of Rise of the Zombie Bugs. “It takes time for the parasite to establish itself in a host and start ...

The idea of zombies has fascinated humans for centuries. Real-life parasites have been taking over the minds of insects for ...

As Season 2 premieres, the characters in HBO’s “The Last of Us” have been battling a deadly fungus for 25 years and counting.

Learn about the real-life Cordyceps fungus behind The Last of Us. Discover how it acts, why it targets insects, and whether it could ever affect humans.

Science writer Mindy Weisberger speaks to Live Science about the parasites that turn their hosts — whether ant, beetle or caterpillar — into zombie-like puppets that act against their own interests.

Essentially, the Cordyceps fungus doesn’t tend to bug us too much in real life ... creating a kind of zombie. The infection can also transmit via the saliva of those infected, so your typical ...

The trailer for the hit HBO series appears to show the “zombie fungus” cordyceps infecting ... Real-life cordyceps colonizes ant brains, causing the insect to climb to a high branch. The fungus then ...