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 ...

When researchers studying spiders and scorpions at the Zoological Collections Laboratory of the Butantan Institute in São Paulo, Brazil, came across a few-millimeter-long spider wearing something ...

Female lineages of European cuckoos lay eggs with colorful shells and intricate patterns specialized to deceive more than 100 avian hosts into fostering their chicks. Parasitic cuckoo eggshells show ...

Experts discovered an unusual form of regicide in which a parasitic ant queen tricks workers in a colony into turning on their own mother. By Rebecca Dzombak Rebecca Dzombak previously reported on ...

European cuckoos lay very different eggs depending on the host species. Genetic analyses have revealed how this adaptation is inherited without leading to speciation. Bright blue, white, greenish, ...

Tapioca farmers in Tamil Nadu, Kerala, and Puducherry are celebrating restored harvests two years after scientists deployed a parasitic wasp to combat an invasive mealybug that threatened to destroy ...

Some female stinkbugs grow fungi from an organ on their hindlegs and use the microorganisms to protect their eggs from wasp attacks 1. The organ is found only on the hindlegs of females in a small ...

Two new invasive European parasitic (parasitoid) wasp species have been discovered in the U.S. Scientists have discovered them in samples from oak trees and published their findings recently. Here, we ...

Researchers discovered two new parasitic wasp species living in the U.S., tracing their origins back to Europe and uncovering clues about how they spread. Their arrival raises fresh questions about ...

For the first time ever, scientists have discovered two different species of parasitic wasps in the United States that had been previously found only in Europe. How they got here is a question they ...