Most zombie fly work has focused on houseflies ... a lot of generalist pathogens—but instead they grow inside of the insects,” Elya says. “Being able to specifically target every last ...

‘Cicada-geddon’: Biggest bug emergence in centuries is coming to eastern U.S. “It turns infected cicadas into ‘zombie insects’ that disperse more fungus by causing males infected with ...

which are usually insects. Andy MacKinnon, a forest ecologist in British Columbia who studies fungi, calls these "zombie fungi," and says they even exist in Canada. "It's not an uncommon thing ...

“Actually, we can hypothesize that they keep the forest in balance,” he added, pointing to the case of the zombie ant fungi. Scientists have documented the lethal parasite regulating the ...

In a surprisingly large number of cases, insects are not acting of their own free will in a way that benefits themselves or even their species. Instead, they have become “zombies,” controlled by ...