Across the globe, other reanimated corpses crop up in local folklore, often reflecting fears of improper burial, violent ...

The zombies are identifiable by the fungi bursting from their bodies: a thicket of spiky tendrils, a miniature garden of mushroom-like fruiting bodies. These fungal parasites act as puppeteers, ...

She’s read up on the fungi that take over flies’ bodies, partially digesting them from the inside out before forcing them to climb up blades of grass, so that fungal spores can explode out from their ...

I’ve written a lot about zombies. Because of the recent horrific spate of violence that many have noted is frighteningly similar to classic zombie movies, I think it is important that I set the record ...

In 2024, two broods of periodical cicadas will emerge in Illinois and the surrounding states at once: the 13-year Brood XIX and 17-year Brood XIII. A team of researchers at West Virginia University in ...