A parasite commonly called "the zombie snail" has been found at Lake Murray. In 2019, a student of Scripps Institution of Oceanography Professor Ryan Hechinger found a snail that looked a little ...
While Ophiocordyceps is likely the best-known zombie fungus, it’s certainly not the only one ... “I became really captivated by these obligate parasites, where they absolutely require the host to ...
Researchers at West Virginia University first discovered these "zombie cicadas" last summer ... to mate to with their infected brethren, the parasite gains a new victim. The most sinister aspect ...
a parasite of social cockroaches, is found only in Japan’s Ryukyu Islands. I expect that there are many more species around the world awaiting discovery. The zombie cicada fungus, Massospora ...