The recently discovered Sirenobethylus charybdis has features not seen in any known insect living today, researchers say.

"Early parasitoid wasps may have been smarter than we thought," said study author Dr Taiping Gao to IFLScience.

An ancient wasp may have zipped among the dinosaurs, with a body like a Venus flytrap to seize and snatch its prey, ...

Modern-day parasitoids in the same superfamily—Chrysidoidea—include cuckoo wasps (which, as their name suggests, lay their eggs in the nests of their hosts) and bethylid wasps (which paralyze their ...

An extinct lineage of parasitic wasps dating from the mid-Cretaceous period and preserved in amber may have used their Venus ...

With warm weather on the horizon, gardening guru Ish says there's an easy way to fool 'territorial' wasps into thinking ...

A frank and memorable monologue, Wasps shows us a young woman facing tragedy with courage and wisdom, writes Joyce McMillan ...

Citizen science project ‘Insect Investigators’ takes scientists to regional schools to teach students to track and identify ...

Wasps and hornets are sometimes called yellowjackets ... or walls of a house or attic. The queen emerges from hiding in the spring and builds a tan, paper nest from chewed wood and saliva.

UPDATE, 3/5/25, 5:30 p.m. — Officials said the Maryland Bay Bridge has since reopened to traffic. MARYLAND (DC News Now) — The Maryland Bay Bridge was closed to traffic on Wednesday afternoon due to ...

Catching a Giant Vigorwasp in Monster Hunter Wilds should be easy, but if you’ve been searching for one so long that you’re starting to think it’s a myth – or a mistranslation – you’re ...

But more than just its sparkle, what really caught the eye was how the dress sculpted her figure with a corset-like cut, creating a dramatic wasp-waist effect. If the dress wasn't dazzling enough ...