Zombies may shamble slowly, but the questions they leave behind move at lightning speed. Despite wrapping up its main ...

While most of The Walking Dead’s action unfolds across America’s post-apocalyptic landscape, Daryl Dixon’s European adventures opened fans’ eyes to how differently other regions might experience the ...

It seems like post-apocalyptic stories have been in vogue for at least a few decades now, and yet the genre keeps growing and putting out hits. It may be a disheartening sign for our collective state ...

Welcome, students of The Last of Us, to Fungus Zombies 101. In this seminar, we’ll cover the basics of what’s known as the cordyceps infection, how it spreads throughout a host’s lifetime, and why it ...

"Once the egg hatches, the ant has only a few weeks of life before it succumbs to the manipulations of its attacker, stumbling away from its home and family and then undergoing decapitation from the ...

The Last of Us Season 2 is now streaming, so find out about all the infected zombie types and their mutation stages in the franchise.

The reliance on shock value and a decline in quality of the direction were the final nails in the coffin. Some people note that the departure of Andrew Lincoln’s Rick Grimes and the arrival of Negan ...

Science writer Mindy Weisberger speaks to Live Science about the parasites that turn their hosts — whether ant, beetle or caterpillar — into zombie-like puppets that act against their own interests.