A fear of wasps is relatively common among many. If it’s not the anticipatory buzz of nearby wings that gets you, it’s the thought of the giant stinger they wield. But what about their size? Compared ...

Thanks to efforts from scientists and everyday citizens, two rare species of parasitic wasps have been identified in the U.S. for the first time. The wasps were located on both the East and West Coast ...

A bee in your bonnet has nothing on a wasp in your belly. Mississippi scientists have discovered a new species of wasp that lays eggs in living flies so the babies burst out of their bellies, Nature ...

Rice undergraduate Brendan O’Loughlin was taking photos and collecting bugs off live oak trees on campus for one of his professors, Scott Egan, and his research team when something caught his eye. "I ...