In the video game The Last of Us and its spin-off HBO series, humans fight to survive against cordyceps, a parasitic fungus that turns its hosts into zombies. While the infections are wildly dramatized in both the game and the show, these fungi aren’t mere science fiction. In fact, some species have been around since […]
Yep, That’s 66-Million-Year-Old Vomit
Paleontologists in Denmark found a once-gloopy, now-hardened mess that they believe was spat up by a Cretaceous-era fish. Humans aren’t the only animals that lose their lunch. Just look at your family dog or cat—or, for that matter, the ancient upchuck recently found by a fossil hunter in Denmark. Scientifically speaking, the find is regurgitalite—or […]