[The Last of Us](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_of_Us_(TV_series)) is a show where a fungal infection turns humans into zombie-like creatures. The type of ...

Along the Northern Hemisphere, stretching for millions of miles from Alaska to Canada to Siberia, tiny hungry microbes have been entombed in the permafrost for the past millions of years. This ...

From being the main antagonist of a major video game and now television franchise, zombie fungus like cordyceps have quickly become a popular point of scientific intrigue. However, these interesting ...

The fungi had infected species of ancient ants and flies that became trapped. Scientists have discovered two new species of ancient parasitic fungi preserved in amber dating back 99 million years. The ...

Haupt is a health and wellness editor at TIME. A cottontail rabbit in Minnesota with the papillomavirus. A cottontail rabbit in Minnesota with the papillomavirus.Michael Siluk/Universal Images ...