Parasitoid wasps (or rather, one group of them called the Ichneumonidae) ... (Be sure to see the diagram of the sci-fi life cycle of the wasp Copidosoma floridanum.

Paper wasps may discern faces to keep the peace in complex colonies, a new study suggests. A variety of Polistes fuscatus paper wasp faces. Diagram courtesy Science/AAAS. Wasps Can Recognize Faces.

The composition of WASP-103b is of particular interest for two primary reasons. First, the exoplanet appears to be unusually bloated, which could tell us more about gas giants and their behavior.

NEW YORK (AP) — An ancient wasp may have zipped among the dinosaurs, with a body like a Venus flytrap to seize and snatch its prey, scientists reported Wednesday. The parasitic wasp's abdomen ...

A newly identified parasitic wasp that buzzed and flew among dinosaurs 99 million years ago evolved a bizarre mechanism to snare other creatures and force them to unwittingly shelter its young ...