They say reality is stranger than fiction. With Halloween just around the corner, we wanted to explore the creepier side of science. Over the past year, scientists have uncovered zombie fungi, ...

Scientists from the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and their international partners, reveal today their pick of the top 10 plants and fungi named new to science in 2025. From "camouflaged" plants to ...

It thawed out — and then it multiplied. Scientists successfully revived a “zombie worm” that had been frozen for 24,000 years ...

Some of the most intriguing science fiction springs from eerie, real-life phenomena. Case in point, the mutant parasite in the video game series “The Last of Us.” Creators of the franchise, which ...