How I Learned to Love Zombie Parasites

Overheard at National Geographic

Photographer Anand Varma details his very first natural history adventures—not in Amazonian rainforests or on Polynesian coral reefs but in suburban Atlanta—and how a childhood fascination with catching frogs and turtles in his backyard led to a career documenting the fantastical worlds of “zombie” parasites, fire ant colonies, vampire bats, hummingbirds, and jellyfish.

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Read about the zombie parasites that control their hosts, and watch a video of these mindsuckers here.

Also check out Mexico’s carnivorous bats, and go behind the lens with Anand as he attempts to capture the iconic shot of a honeybee emerging from a brood cell for the first time.

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The science of hummingbirds and what makes these birds the perfect flying machines.

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