Accessibility links

zombie zombie

Stories About

zombie

Monday October 25, 2021

The zombies living in our midst

An ant is host of the parasitic Ophiocordyceps fungus. Katja Schulz/Flickr hide caption

toggle caption

Katja Schulz/Flickr

Short Wave

The zombies living in our midst

October 25, 2021 • The idea of human zombies probably seems pretty far-fetched. But there are real zombies out there in the animal kingdom. To kick off Halloween week, science writer Ed Yong of The Atlantic creeps us out with a couple of examples. Hint: they involve fungus. (Encore episode)

The zombies living in our midst

Listen · 9:42 9:42

Download
Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/1048405969/1200394929" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">

More from zombie