A creepy sexually transmitted fungus is expected to morph millions of cicadas into hyper-horny “zombies” by hijacking their bodies so they’ll spread the infection in parts of the US this ...

LISLE, Illinois (AP) — With their bulging red eyes and their alien-like mating sound, periodical cicadas can seem scary and weird enough. But some of them really are sex-crazed zombies on speed ...

We investigate biology’s long haulers–from seeds to small creatures–who are able to wake up and restart their lives, even after tens of thousands of years. Also, what are those buried 17-year cicadas ...

These cicadas, covered in white fungus spores, exhibit zombie-like behavior before dying. Dr. Chelsea Cook, assistant professor of biological sciences at Marquette University, joined us on Tuesday ...

This past summer, Isabel Wherry's daughter, Aspen, noticed a dead cicada in their front yard in Illinois. She named it Cicady, and now, months later, she hasn’t let it leave her sight.