When Entomophaga grylli infects locusts or grasshoppers, they climb to the tops of plants before their death. The zombie-ant ...

Before humans even walked on th earth, a fungus was creating zombies. Scientists have uncovered a haunting scene frozen in 99 ...

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

Paul Stamets and Jeff Chilton began as friends, their collaboration leading to the rise of medicinal mushroom supplements.

This week, see zombie fungi trapped in an amber fossil, explore the sun’s hidden south pole, meet tool-using whales that ...

Locusts or grasshoppers infected by Entomophaga grylli causes the diseased insects climbing to plant tops before death. The ...

Scientists have caught ancient parasitic fungi in the act of bursting from insect hosts, in dramatic scenes frozen in amber.

A glob of 99 million-year-old amber has preserved an ancient fly in horror show fashion: with the mushroom-like fruiting body of zombie fungus bursting forth from its head.

A glob of 99 million-year-old amber has preserved an ancient fly in horror show fashion: with the mushroom-like fruiting body of zombie fungus bursting forth from its head.

On the other hand, few native mycorrhizal fungi produce tasty mushrooms, and many never produce any fruiting bodies above the ground. So, if you hope to grow mushrooms for harvest and soil health, don ...

A glob of 99 million-year-old amber has preserved an ancient fly in horror show fashion: with the mushroom-like fruiting body of zombie fungus bursting forth from its head.