Bees are fantastic pollinators. Without them, ecosystems would not thrive. Unfortunately, over the last 15 years, there has ...

Little is known about tropical parasitic wasps in the subfamily Orthocentrinae besides their gruesome lifestyle. They lay their single egg in the body of a fly maggot and as the baby wasp larva grows, ...

The life of the fig wasp is nature at its worst—from our human perspective, anyway. In order to lay their eggs, female fig ...

If you loathe cockroaches, you’re going to love the emerald jewel wasp. Females of the species Ampulex compressa, known also as emerald cockroach wasps, are less than an inch long and decked out in ...

Few insects strike greater fear into the hearts of orchard-owners than rosy apple aphids. These tiny bugs feed on the leaves of apple trees, draining them of nutrients. Their saliva, meanwhile, ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Wasps are the forgotten cousin of their family tree. Bees have whole ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. On a hot Wednesday morning in early June, Joseph Bravata pulled a ...

It’s easy to love bees. They’re furry and buzzy. Along with other insects, birds and bats, they pollinate about one-third of the plants we eat. I talked about how long bees have been buzzing around ...

One wasp larva biting another. (Photo courtesy of Yui ImasakiI and Tomoji Endo) (CN) — Cain and Abel. Mary Queen of Scots and Elizabeth. Liam and Noel Gallagher. Sibling rivalries are as old as ...

Some wasp larvae take sibling rivalry to a new level by routinely cannibalising their nestmates. Most wasp and bee larvae grow in individual brood cells within a hive. But solitary wasps like ...