In this video I show you how I made an ant think it was dead by putting a specific chemical on it that ants use to signal when they have died. This is how ants know to put the ants that have passed ...

In this podcast, student journalist Taryn Pollock explains what the ophiocordyceps unilateralis fungus is and why it is commonly called the Zombie ant-virus. Taryn Pollock is a student at South High ...

Zombies are real – not in the walking dead sense, but there are parasites that can hack the brains of living creatures and force them to do things against their will, with the goal of spreading the ...

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 ...

Recent research has found that these parasites can compel ants to climb up blades of grass when it's cool and to climb back down when it's too hot. Reading time 3 minutes Parasitic worms that zombify ...

All the Latest Game Footage and Images from Zombie Ants VR: Definitive Edition Zombie Ants VR is a short educational experience that takes the player through the life cycle of Ophiocordyceps, a fungus ...

They're not always beautiful, but the wonders of the natural world provide a rich pool of material for researchers to flex their hands with the more creative side of scientific fieldwork. In the third ...