It’s the stuff of nightmares – a newly-discovered wasp that turns cockroaches into zombies. The Ampulex Dementor, named after the terrifying soul-suckers from the “Harry Potter” movies, is one of a ...

A researcher at Vanderbilt University may have found out how American cockroaches can avoid their own “zombie apocalypse.” Ken Catania, a biologist and professor at the school, videotaped interactions ...

A cockroach has been filmed karate kicking a parasitic wasp to save itself from becoming a zombie. Ken Catania, a biologist at Vanderbilt University in Tennessee, was studying the interactions between ...

In the Mekong region of Thailand, you will find a really unique species of wasp that hunts and devours cockroaches in probably the weirdest way you've ever seen. This wasp has officially been given ...

Be honest, when you’re watching a tv show like The Walking Dead or going through some zombie movies, you imagine how you’d act and what you’d do in a world full of zombies. But alas, you’re only in ...

It's Halloween, so prepare to be terrified. And no, this column has nothing to do with Open Enrollment Season. Instead, it relates to the emerald cockroach wasp, a wisp of an insect that you may have ...

It’s like a horror movie come to life. In a new study, biologists say there’s a certain type of wasp, called the emerald jewel wasp, that has a peculiar way of making sure its young have a head start ...

Make no mistake, zombies are very real. Sure, zombies of the human variety aren’t going to wander down your street, The Walking Dead-style, any time soon, but zombies of a different sort are scuttling ...

A wasp that preys on cockroaches turns them into mind-controlled zombies by stinging them in the brain, and roaches were thought to be all but defenseless against this zombifying attack. But it turns ...

Kung Fu cockroaches may hold a key to salvation during the zombie apocalypse. Just look to their impressive defensive maneuvers. Vanderbilt University biologist Ken Catania in a new report shows ...