When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. A particularly gruesome example of insect zombification occurs when parasitic wasps lay their ...

Fear of zombies is deeply embedded in our culture. After watching a horror movie, who hasn’t released a quiet breath of relief that they do not exist? Well, zombies do exist. And they exist in your ...

It's a little-known, and even less appreciated, fact that I am probably one of the leading experts on cockroach biology on the Western Slope of Colorado. I say this in all humility. I mean, could ...

Science writer Mindy Weisberger speaks to Live Science about the parasites that turn their hosts — whether ant, beetle or caterpillar — into zombie-like puppets that act against their own interests.