What if we told you the zombie apocalypse - at least for ants - is already real? In this video, we explore the real-life ...

Around the world, a parasitic fungus transforms ants into "zombies." The fungus is like something out of a horror movie: The organism hijacks the body and brain of its ant host, mind-controlling it ...

It's based on a real fungus, but could this fictional plot happen in real life? Viewers everywhere were captivated by the recent HBO original The Last of Us, a fictional TV series based on a ...

A fly lays an egg inside an unsuspecting victim walking in the woods on a sunny day. Soon the egg matures and moves into the head of its prey, taking bodily control before turning the prey into a ...

Hijacking the body of a convenient host is nothing new in the opportunistic world of parasitism. Nor are zombie ants, thanks to the fittingly named zombie-ant fungus (Ophiocordyceps unilateralis), ...

As the climate warms the planet and temperatures rise, some fungi are figuring out how to exist at higher temperatures than they usually like. Enter zombie concerns. Some real-life fungi are already ...

The world can be a scary place. Global pandemics, catastrophic climate change. But humans have made it this far, so why bat an eye at a deadly zombie fungus? HBO’s highly anticipated TV adaptation of ...

READING, Pa. -- Here's how it works. You need an iPad. You can check one out at the exhibit if you don't have one or you can use your cell phone and you open the Zombie Ant Experience app. You point ...