The HBO series "The Last of Us" premiered on Jan. 15, and was watched by 4.7 million viewers – one of the largest HBO debuts ever. Its storyline is a grisly one. A naturally occurring fungus known as ...

The chilling scenario is drawn straight from a horror movie. But in this case, fact is scarier than fiction.

HBO's "The Last of Us" is a tale of a post-apocalyptic world that has been torn asunder by a global infection, caused by a mutant strain of Cordyceps fungus. The Infected turn into various types of ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. What most sets "The Last of Us" apart from other zombie apocalypse stories is the zombies' oirigin. The "clickers" or "infected" are not ...

With the hit HBO series "The Last of Us" returning for Season 2 on April 13, fans captivated by the terrifying concept of a fungal pandemic that turns humans into zombies once again face the question: ...

Yes, the fungus is among us. The video game-inspired hit zombie apocalypse show “The Last of Us” draws its inspiration from our own reality and ecology: The show’s fatal fungus exists throughout ...

The parasitic fungus, Cordyceps, joins the league of Zombie fascination. The Cordyceps Brain Infection is the determining factor of wiping out human civilization in Naughty Dog's game The Last Of Us.

Robert Hart is a former London-based Forbes senior reporter. HBO’s hotly anticipated TV adaptation of the acclaimed Last of Us game series premiered on Sunday, showcasing the world after a devastating ...

In popular culture, as portrayed in the HBO hit series “The Last of Us” - spun off from a video game of the same name - parasitic cordyceps are hijacking human minds to bring about the end of ...