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

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, ...

While zombie fungi are real and numerous, Araújo and others aren't worried about Ophiocordyceps infecting people. "They're super species-specific," said Charissa de Bekker, ...

The love for all things creepy and spooky is at an all-time high around this time of year. We love to subject ourselves to the horrors of haunted houses and our favorite fright-filled films, but do we ...

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.

The communicative zombie-inducing network of cordyceps — which have Joel (Pedro Pascal) and Ellie (Bella Ramsey) fighting for their lives on the HBO Max series — is a real parasite that ...

Fact: Vampire epidemics are real. By Rachel Feltman. Back in September, there were a lot of headlines and tweets and TikToks about a new archeological finding in Poland.It was the 300-year-old ...