Four fungi related to species that hijack brains of insects discovered in Thailand

Friday, July 11, 2025 - 09:12 in Biology & Nature

The cordyceps species in "The Last of Us," Ophiocordyceps unilateralis, is real and does exactly what the show purports —just not in humans, according to medical experts.

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