Real-life fights against zombie-makers offer plenty of tips for avoiding undeath. Just ask cockroaches, targets of the emerald jewel wasp. The female wasps (Ampulex compressa) specialize in attacking ...

video: Rick Grimes has nothing on the humble American cockroach when it comes to avoiding zombification. Far from being a weak-willed sap easily paralyzed by the emerald jewel wasp's sting to the ...

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. A cockroach has been filmed karate kicking a parasitic wasp to save itself from becoming a zombie. Ken Catania, a ...

If you ever want to witness just how horrifyingly “red in tooth and claw” nature can be, you only have to look to the emerald jewel wasp. The female of the species is known for stinging unsuspecting ...

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 ...

Jewel wasps carve up cockroaches like jack-o’-lanterns in a way scientists have never seen before. By Jason Bittel If you loathe cockroaches, you’re going to love the emerald jewel wasp. Females of ...