Most rational people scoff at the suggestion that zombies are real, but a number of respected medical experts and academic journals have presented evidence that zombies are, in fact, real.

Mindy Weisberger's new book details the crafty worms, fungi, and other parasites that have learned to mind-control their hosts.

-Zombies are not real. They have never been real. Like all fictional monsters, they are metaphors, and the metaphors can change as a function of current events, ...

Some people believe that zombies are real – but they are not really like the zombies you see in movies or on TV. The word “zombie” is connected to folktales from Haiti.

But scientists say you don't need a zombie survival kit just yet. Fungi like the threat depicted in HBO's new show are real and numerous, infecting a wide variety of insects, ...

These real-life zombies are documented in the exhibition through photographs and videos. They include records of Clairvius Narcisse, who was pronounced dead in a hospital in 1962, then reappeared ...

Ophiocordyceps, the fungus from 'The Last Of Us,' is real. But is it as deadly? This species of fungus, Ophiocordyceps, is known for using "mind control" on insect hosts.Humans, however, are immune.