The author of this story is the fourth grade first place winner of the 22nd annual Fraser Creative Writing Contest, put on by ...

Tim Friede might be the world's most snakebit person—and his antibodies could hold the key to a truly universal snake ...

With 28 Years Later the long-awaited sequel to the cult hit 28 Days Later — set to hit the big screen in June, there’s no better time to revisit the zombie apocalypse classic that made the undead cool ...

The idea of zombies has fascinated humans for centuries. Real-life parasites have been taking over the minds of insects for eons.

Rise of the Zombie Bugs” explores how parasites create real-life zombies in the insect and invertebrate world.

Learn how some fungi turn insects into zombies, others infect humans, and how they can’t be killed with drugs.

In HBO’s The Last of Us, the apocalypse doesn’t come courtesy of nukes or aliens, it comes from Cordyceps. This real-life parasitic fungus turns humans into terrifying, fast-evolving nightmares. From ...

Monks Vs. Zombies!? Sign us up! Revealed as one of the hot ticket items heading for sale at Cannes, Deadline announced a new horror film with some of the hottest names in Hollywood. Will Poulter ...

Negan’s favorite lady (oh, and Maggie, too) is back, baby. When does ’The Walking Dead: Dead City’s second season premiere?

HBO’s The Last of Us might be a dystopian thrill ride, but how real is its core concept that a fungus could hijack the human ...

The show's action might look familiar to anyone who's watched Texans look after one another following a natural disaster, ...

Season two of The Last Of Us is here – and yep, the fungus is still freaking us out. The HBO hit shows a world destroyed by a ...