Late summer is all about BBQs, ice creams and parents counting down the days until schools open. Then along comes a wasp. There’s some screaming and flapping (mostly by the parents). Usually, no one ...

A HORRIFYING giant wasp that starts life by eating its way out of another creature has been discovered in Africa. The beast is ten times bigger than your average British wasp, and lays its eggs inside ...

Last year, I posted an essay called Some Truths About the Fascinating Lives of Wasps, which discussed an article published in New Scientist by Richard Jones called "Not so Waspish," with the subtitle, ...

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 boasts a set of flappy ...

Most people recognise a wasp as those stripy insects who ruin our summer picnics. They live in huge societies, much the same as the honeybee ; you might even have a nest in your loft or shed. But ...

Last year, I posted an essay called Some Truths About the Fascinating Lives of Wasps, which discussed an article published in New Scientist by Richard Jones called "Not so Waspish," with the subtitle, ...

Scientists have identified a previously unknown virus that decreases the number of female offspring of the wasps it infects, according to a new study. The virus infects one species of a specific group ...

LA CROSSE, Wis. (WKBT) – A viewer sent us a photo of what he thought could be an Asian Giant Hornet, commonly known as a ‘murder hornet.’ Before you jump out of your seat, he quickly learned it’s a ...

I was lying on the jungle floor of a Malaysian rainforest with a wasp nest dangling 10cm from my nose. I had painted each wasp with a few coloured spots so that I could tell one from another. I’d been ...