Paper wasps are vespid (stinging) wasps that have long legs. These wasps are reddish-brown to black in color with yellow markings. The most common paper wasps are 5/8 to 3/4 inches in length. They're ...

They buzz. They hover. Sometimes they sting. But how much do you really know about these insects that can menace our summers? By Cara Giaimo Wasps get a bad rap. And sometimes, they deserve it.

Wasps are some of the most misunderstood creatures on the planet, but you definitely do not want to harass them. Although the ubiquitous insects are quite pretty — northern paper wasps, for example, ...

Pictured here is a red paper wasp, one of 22 species of paper wasps known to exist in North America. Paper wasps are so called because they build paper nests. I once observed one carefully cutting ...

Paper wasps that live alone don’t see as much development of a part of their brain that seems to be important for facial recognition. The discovery shows how vital the social environment can be to ...

There are over 100,000 species of wasps, each with different habits and life cycles. Wasps are important pollinators and help control harmful insects that destroy food crops. Drones or worker wasps ...