Oriental wasps may have evolved a genetic mutation to handle their liquor, thanks to a beneficial relationship with yeast.

In their study, published in the journal Nature, the group accidentally discovered the new wasp species while conducting ...

The only true hornet that lives in the U.S. is the European hornet.Some hornet species can reach sizes of up to 5.5cm in ...

On warm days through early fall, you can find two large species of “digger” wasps flitting about late-blooming flowers. Like ...

A new species of wasp has been discovered parasitizing adult ... The wasp wasn’t hard to spot as “the wasp larva and teratocytes grow large enough to swell the abdomen and obstruct the view ...

Hornets are a type of wasp, but not all wasps are hornets. These flying insects live in many climates. Their closest relative is the yellow jacket. They look so similar; they are easy to confuse.

Just in time for Halloween, for those of you who are afraid of spiders I will take that phobia and raise it by one- maybe ...

These large wasps are significant pollinators and they ... Gustafson says there are eight species of Tarantula hawk wasp. You might encounter them in desert areas or around brushy, open spaces ...

Who needs a horror movie when you’ve got tarantula hawks? These wasps paralyze tarantulas so the still-living spider can ...

The critically endangered Wilkins' bunting is only found on Nightingale Island, part of the Tristan da Cunha group of islands ...

The critically-endangered Wilkins' bunting is endemic to a remote island in the South Atlantic, where it has been facing ...