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 ...

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 ...

Oak gall wasps and their predators don't have the panache of butterflies, but they're attracting growing interest among both scientists and naturalists. Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest ...

A newly identified wasp species, Chrysonotomyia susbelli, has been discovered in Houston, Texas. The discovery, the fourth wasp species found on the university grounds in seven years, reveals the ...

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 ...

A team of researchers at Mississippi State University has identified a new species of parasitic wasp that employs a previously unknown and gruesome method of reproduction—one never before observed in ...

A new species of wasp has been discovered in America, and it seems to channel some of the well-known features of the xenomorph from the popular Alien sci-fi franchise. How exactly do these horror ...

Scott Shaw, a professor in the University of Wyoming’s Department of Ecosystem Science and Management, was recognized when a newly discovered ancient wasp species, dubbed Cretolyra shawi (pictured), ...

This week, the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) reported that 139 new species were discovered in the Greater Mekong region last year, including a species of wasp that can drag a cockroach to its death. Most ...