With its furry exterior and distinct black and white markings ... to Brazilians as “sorcerer ants,” are actually a type of wasp, but the females, which are wingless, give the creatures ...

Researchers named the parasitic creature Sirenobethylus charybdis —both after the sirens of Greek mythology that lured in sailors to their doom and after Charybdis, a mythical sea monster that created ...

If a wasp does sting you, Texas Parks and Wildlife suggests the following: Remove the stinger. Washing sting with soap and ...

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Dubbed “a gall wasp gladiator” by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the Eurytoma wasp, a black, 2-millimeter long wasp, was collected from Tanzania, “rigorously” tested and released ...

Wasps aren’t normally admired for their looks, but one species—Traumatomutilla bifurca, a Brazilian velvet ant—is unlike any other. It has ultra-dark markings that reflect less than 1 percent of ...

Scientists have discovered a new species of ancient wasp, encased in 99-million-year-old amber, that may have lived alongside dinosaurs. The remarkable insect, found in northern Myanmar ...