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

I saw your recent column about tomato fruitworms, and was wondering if this pest also eats leaves. The leaves of one of my ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. A particularly gruesome example of insect zombification occurs when parasitic wasps lay their ...

The wasps will use their bodies to farm their young in a process that is straight out of a horror movie. These terrifying ...

The red larvae with black spots are eating a state icon, codified as a “hearty and beautiful denizen of the Texas landscape.” The cactus provides food and shelter for native animals, and it reflects ...

The gruesome way in which parasitic wasps use other creatures to help farm their young has been revealed and it's like something from straight out of a horror movie ...

The idea of using creatures that are "friendly" to plants, like wasps, as a way of controlling less friendly ones, like caterpillars, is attractive to gardeners, farmers and conservationists alike.

If you puncture the ovary of a wasp called Microplitis demolitor, viruses squirt out in vast quantities, shimmering like iridescent blue toothpaste. “It’s very beautiful, and just amazing that there’s ...