Dave Ross is always seeking ways to better himself. So he’s particularly interested in a new class that could help him survive a coming zombie apocolypse. Michigan State University is offering the ...

Steven Schlozman, author of “The Zombie Autopsies,” reads up on his new book, before heading into the "On Point" studio at WBUR. (Alex Kingsbury/WBUR) I work in a neighborhood building above a ...

The Chicago Cubs are playing in the World Series. Donald Trump is running for president of the United States. Come on. The weird way things are going, would it really be so shocking if the dead ...

This summer a new blockbuster movie, World War Z, entered the zombie canon. Based on Max Brooks’s novel of the same name and starring Brad Pitt, it has stoked fascination with the undead all over ...

Imagine a viral outbreak has occurred. It's highly contagious and dangerous. It's nicknamed the "Zombie Disease" because those killed by the disease seem to rise from the dead and prey upon the living ...

The study of “cryptophysiology”— how a zombie’s body functions — isn’t a science in the precise meaning of the term. However one Cal State Long Beach professor builds lessons around the fictional idea ...

Zombies are looking a bit decrepit at this point. Between the huge, inexplicable popularity of The Walking Dead and blockbuster zombie movies like World War Z, we’ve reached peak zombie obsession.