In the realm of horror folklore, few creatures instill as much fear and fascination as zombies. These reanimated corpses, once the stuff of nightmares and Hollywood films, have captured the imagination of […]
Unraveling the Enigma of Zombie Hordes
‘Flying salt shakers of death’: The lives of fungal-infected zombie cicadas, explained by WVU researchers
If cicadas made horror movies, they’d probably study the actions of their counterparts plagued by a certain psychedelic fungus. West Virginia University researchers have discovered that a cicada fungus called Massopora contains chemicals […]
Florida college offers zombie class to explore the nature of consciousness
By Dakota Cantwell Rollins College in Florida offers a course called “Zombies, Serial Killers, and Mad Men” on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays for students to learn and explore the about the nature […]
New research looks into the behavior of zombie ants
By Chris Post New research published in the journal Nature sheds some light into the behavior of zombie ants during the last stages of their undead existence. David Hughes at Pennsylvania State […]
Viral video shows drunk ‘zombie’
A viral video currently making the rounds on social media shows a man drunkenly staggering in a way that some people claim looks like a zombie. The footage appears to have been […]
‘Zombie’ raccoons terrorize town
By Chris Post It sounds like the plot of a low-budget movie, but it is by all accounts true: more than a dozen cases of raccoons exhibiting “zombie-like behavior” have been reported […]
Is Jesus a zombie?
By Chris Post Easter is just around the corner, raising the perennial question: was Jesus a zombie? A quick search of the web uncovers any number of illustrations and memes that support […]
Infected ‘zombie ants’ face no discrimination from nest mates
Carpenter ants infected with a specialized parasitic fungus are not subjected to aggression or isolation from their nest mates, and they continue to share in the colony’s food resources until they leave […]
What Zombies Can Tell Us about Ourselves: Baylor Professor and Author Talks about ‘Living with the Living Dead’
Quick, before it’s too late: May is Zombie Awareness Month — so it’s high time for people to prepare for a zombie pandemic. But that’s more than a heads-up for those who […]
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