If you're like me, you've had a long withstanding date with the couch on Sunday nights to watch HBO's breakout show The Last of Us. The show is about how the human population fights to survive a ...

If you’re a Pedro Pascal fan (and who isn’t?), you’ve probably watched (or tried to watch) the hit HBO show, The Last of Us. Here’s everything you need to know about how to use this potentially ...

Those left disappointed by the lack of Cordyceps-induced zombies in season one, the show’s co-creator Craig Mazin offered reassurance in an interview with Empire Magazine, saying “for the people who ...

Talk with any mycologist these days—really, anyone who’s obsessed with fungi—and it won’t take long to arrive at the subject of the zombie apocalypse. Obviously, fungi can be terrifying. They are the ...

A rare fungus that acts like the Cordyceps fungus which inspired The Last of Us was recently discovered in a rainforest in Scotland. In Naughty Dog’s The Last of Us, mankind is devastated by the ...

The hit HBO show "The Last of Us" may have taken the world by storm this year (and the video game world nearly a decade ago), but the villain in the series has been around much longer than either of ...

The Last of Us is more than just another zombie apocalypse franchise. It introduces a scenario that's drawn from reality: the cordyceps fungus. Cordyceps are a real-life parasitic fungus that spreads ...

Not that they need any help, but HBO’s “The Last of Us” has made mushrooms cooler than ever, thanks to the prominent role a parasitic fungus plays in the collapse of society. The creators of the TV ...

A Seattle mushroom hunter snapped a photo in a northern Washington forest several years ago, capturing a striking image: a group of orange, spotted stems reach toward the sky, each shorter than an ...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Under the shadow of Pinnacle Mountain, Jay Justice has been heading off the beaten path— in search of his lifelong fascination. "Here they is! Right here," Justice said, as he ...

If your taste in horror entertainment runs to post-apocalyptic sagas peppered with cannibals, the collapse of society, and mushroom-headed zombies, you could probably do worse than HBO’s adaptation of ...