If you've noticed an increase in hornets around your yard, here's why they're more aggressive in the fall and what to do to ...

New data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show hornets, wasps and bees have killed more people every year for the last five reported years. The new statistics were published Friday.

Burgers, potato salad, corn hole and cool beverages: all staples of late summer barbecues and tailgate parties. It’s a great time until the wasps arrive, dive-bombing the watermelon and hiding in your ...

If you need another reason to avoid getting stung by a wasp, here it is. A 60-year-old man in China, who was stung four times on his head and back by wasps, went to the emergency room three days later ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Two summers ago a huge hatch of wasps descended on Fairbanks. University of Alaska Fairbanks entomologist Derek Sikes estimated there were about 10 times more yellow jackets that ...

Female bees and wasps use modified ovipositors, formerly used in egg laying, to sting their attackers, including people. Now, a study in Current Biology on December 19 shows that male mason wasps use ...

A boom in wasp and other insect numbers has led to pharmacists hosting thousands of consultations with patients who had been ...