Cordyceps gained fame in The Last of Us TV show and video game ... Meanwhile, a host of deadly fungi are on the rise, posing a huge threat to humanity. Since the Covid pandemic, experts have ...

Entomophthora muscae hides in plain sight, feeding on its hosts before controlling their behavior to spread with devastating ...

Standing at a woodland entrance to the world's longest cave system in Kentucky, a park ranger warns those about to enter of an extremely deadly fungus ... the eastern United States from Europe ...

Detected since 2006, the disease has spread to 40 U.S. states and eight Canadian provinces ... America has been found in California. The deadly fungus has now been detected in multiple counties ...

Oak wilt is a fatal and fast spreading fungal disease that affects all types of oak trees around the world, with over 600 ...

White-nose syndrome fungus threatens the state's bat populations, posing risks with far-reaching impacts on the entire ecosystem.

In the dystopian world of the TV series, a heat-adapted version of the cordyceps fungus takes over humans, turning them into ...

Pseudogymnoascus destructans — the fungus — causes deadly white-nose syndrome ... arrived in North America, but it has spread rapidly across the U.S. and Canada, leaving legions of bat ...

A deadly fungus that led to the death of millions ... While people can unintentionally spread the fungus through spores on clothing or shoes, there have been no reported human illnesses related ...

Scientists are seeing signs of resistance to the infections that have been wiping out the world’s amphibian populations—and they're developing methods to fight the pathogen ...