Wasps are some of the most misunderstood creatures on the planet, but you definitely do not want to harass them. Although the ubiquitous insects are quite pretty — northern paper wasps, for example, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Wasp on leaf. Even when encountered in the wild, wasps can be a menace whose stings and aggressive behavior can disrupt anyone's ...

Bees, wasps, and hornets look similar — but their behavior couldn’t be more different. Bees are pollinators that rarely sting unless threatened, while wasps are aggressive predators that scavenge ...

What’s buzzing around California? It’s not bees or mosquitoes, it’s wasps. Active year-round, wasps are most noticeable from March through November. This peak season sees their colonies at full size, ...

Despite being well-studied there remains a lot to learn about wasps and the social interactions that the insects undertake. University of Sussex researchers have identified new social behaviors which ...

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, ...

The tropical bug Antiteuchus tripterus and two parasites of its eggs, Trissolcus bodkini and Phanuropsis semiflaviventris, were studied in urban Cali, Colombia. Female bugs guard both their eggs and ...

Researchers have discovered 16 new species of strange-looking parasitoid wasps from the Loboscelidia group. The study also revealed for the first time the unique parasitic behavior of a captive female ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Wasp in flightGetty Images/Renaud Visage Wasps are some of the most misunderstood creatures on the planet, but you definitely do ...