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, ...

Even when encountered in the wild, wasps can be a menace whose stings and aggressive behavior can disrupt anyone's day, so, understandably, people will try just about anything to get rid of wasps, ...

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 ...

Although expressions of warning intruders in colonies of polistine wasps appear to vary somewhat with species-specific defensiveness, the type of intrusion, age of the colony, age and type of the nest ...

Scientists have observed a new parasitic behavior between a wasp and a social species of spider, where the spider re-learned an ancestral behavior! Hosted by: Hank Green Thumbnail credit: ...

Wasps get a bad rap. And sometimes, they deserve it. Bumblebees don’t swarm your barbecue the moment you pour the lemonade. Butterflies won’t nest by the hundreds in your rafters, then sting you for ...

In a series of studies over more than 20 years, evolutionary biologists have demonstrated that paper wasps, despite their tiny brains, have an impressive capacity to learn, remember and make social ...

Social wasps exhibit extraordinary foraging strategies that combine innate behavioural patterns with learned adaptations. Central to their success is the utilisation of olfactory cues, which not only ...

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 ...

CORRECTION, Oct. 16, 2023: The Amazon wasp Calistoga crassicaudata is about 0.4 inches long, according to Live Science. An earlier version of this article included a different figure. The latest news ...