Here’s one way The Walking Dead could happen in real life. To start our zombie thought experiment, we need to make some basic assumptions. First, we’re ignoring all supernatural zombie origins.

An expert has helped explain how reports of people coming back to life can happen in real life - and it’s not because of a zombie apocalypse. The first mention of the living dead is said to come ...

However, the inspiration for the video game came from a real-life fungus that really does turn its hosts into zombies. Yes, there are real-life zombies in our ecosystem.

Discover the terrifying real-life zombie parasites that control hosts, from ants to spiders.

While I wouldn’t hold my breath waiting for the dead to rise from their graves, there are still plenty of zombies roaming the Earth.