Tarantula hawk wasps are among the most formidable insect predators, using a precisely delivered sting to paralyze spiders ...

Spring may smell like flowers to you, but to bugs, it smells like an all-you-can-eat buffet at your house. Watch out for ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A close-up a person using a black net to catch a wasp nest on a house - tamu1500/Shutterstock Have wasps started making ...

Whether you're mowing the lawn or hosting a cookout, the last thing you want to worry about is stinging insects such as wasps. But the truth is that wasps have a somewhat undeserved bad reputation.

A parasitic wasp castrates its moth-larvae hosts by injecting them with a ‘domesticated’ virus that causes cells in the larvae’s testes to die. Now, scientists know exactly how the virus does its ...

With winter fast approaching, a potter wasp races to complete her nursery. For her offspring, survival depends on every final detail — including the living caterpillars she captures and conceals ...

Chris Dobey tries to flick a wasp away at Alexandra Palace Bradley Collyer - PA Images/Getty Images Alexandra Palace has been the home of the PDC World Championship since 2008, but arrows are not the ...

These variegated, collaged-looking nests — fetching up to $250 each — are a recent fixation in interior design. Indoors, a wasp nest can look like a sculpture that both “elevates living spaces” and ...

At this time of year, you might notice an uptick in buzzing visitors around your patio, compost pile or refuse bins. The striped yellow, orange and black pollinators we laud in spring and summer seem ...

Nils Bernstein is a food, drink, and travel editor and writer based in Mexico City. He is the food editor for Wine Enthusiast and has written for such publications as Bon Appétit, Epicurious, Food & ...

At least two different populations of a parasitic wasp native to Europe have been found on opposite coasts of North America. But no one knows how they got there. Reading time 3 minutes There are all ...

With the season’s heat upon us, you may have noticed many buzzing insects flying around your flowers. Some are big and intimidating, while others are tiny. No matter the size, they buzz around, ...