In my research, I’ve collected and handled hundreds of living and dead zombie cicadas, as well as countless fungus-infected insects, spiders and millipedes. I’ve dissected hundreds of ...

In my research, I’ve collected and handled hundreds of living and dead zombie cicadas, as well as countless fungus-infected insects, spiders and millipedes. I’ve dissected hundreds of specimens and ...

A rare fungus that turns spiders into "zombies" has been found in Scotland as part of a community project with the aim of surveying and restoring the wildlife in Scotland's rainforest. The fungus ...

Zombies strike fear into our hearts – and if they're persistent, eventually they get inside our heads. Animals taken over by zombies no longer control their own bodies or behaviors. Instead, they ...

Welcome to the Zombie Fungus that Mind Controls Insects ... Certain species of parasitic wasps are known to deposit their eggs into spiders. The emerging larvae gain control over the spider’s brain, ...

The white stuff that engulfs these flies is a fungus called Entomophthora muscae — Entomophthora translates to “ destroyer of ...