‘Zombie cicadas’ under the influence of a parasitic fungus return to West Virginia

As if the world today isn’t strange enough, researchers have discovered a new population of cicadas that are being brutally infected by a parasitic fungus that controls their mind and forces them to infect other insects.

As if the world today isn’t strange enough, researchers have discovered a new population of cicadas that are being brutally infected by a parasitic fungus that controls their mind and forces them to infect other insects.