Bizarre parasitic wasps preserved in amber about 99 million years ago had trap-like abdomens that they may have used to ...

"I've seen a lot of strange insects, but this has to be one of the most peculiar-looking ones I've seen in a while," said one ...

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

However, the hind wings aren’t its only striking features. S. charybdis appears to have evolved a unique, three-flapped ...

Modern-day parasitoids in the same superfamily—Chrysidoidea—include cuckoo wasps (which, as their name suggests, lay their ...

Kate Wilson, Head of the Animal & Plant Health Agency’s National Bee Unit, said: “Yellow-legged hornets cause significant damage to native pollinators, including our much-loved honey bees. That’s why ...

Personally, given the vast array of parasites living out there today—including wasps that can turn their cockroach hosts into walking zombies—I’m glad that Mother Nature has forgotten some ...

A newly identified wasp that buzzed among the dinosaurs had a bit of a unique way of catching prey. Researchers studied 16 wasps frozen in ... has a ‘small bear trap attached to the end of ...

A familiar face comes back into the picture, but it’s a face with a different name. And questionable motives. By Esther Zuckerman This week, we tackle what the question of a “normal” life ...