Instantly, they know they are near a person infected with the plague that has killed their world: a fungus that takes over ...

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.

"Once the egg hatches, the ant has only a few weeks of life before it succumbs to the manipulations of its attacker, ...