This past weekend, I had a glimpse into one of the most fascinating and bizarre (also gruesome) animal behaviors I have ever ...

If you love figs, you may have heard some unsettling lore about them: that every fig hides a wasp, because these insects need ...

Galls are small, tumor-like growths formed on plants that act as incubators for oak gall wasp larvae. Parasitic wasps often lay their own eggs in these galls, which later feed on their victims. North ...

A cicada killer wasp looks scary, but these bugs don't deserve your terror! Here's where to find these peaceful, non-aggressive insects.

According to CTV News, exterminators in Montreal are seeing a surge in wasp-related calls at the end of summer. Late summer marks the height of wasp season, and according to the report, calls to ...

In early July, a wasp nest with a radiation level 10 times what is allowed by federal regulations was found inside the grounds of a sprawling Cold War-era nuclear site in South Carolina that today ...

Researchers discovered two new parasitic wasp species living in the U.S., tracing their origins back to Europe and uncovering ...

A boom in wasp and other insect numbers has led to GPs hosting thousands of appointments with patients who had been stung or ...

The surprising battle between a cellar spider and a wasp ends with the wasp losing. Find out more here about cellar spider ...

What can a tiny wasp with a rather gruesome parasitic life cycle teach us about evolution, behavior and human developmental diseases? In a new paper, researchers led by István Mikó and Holly Hoag at ...

Wasp vs. hornet: what’s the difference? Don’t worry, we’re not picking favorites today, because I’d choose neither. We’re simply going on a little mission to discover the differences between the two!