The insects we most commonly identify as "wasps ... take over the work required by the developing colony. Getty Images Social wasps make nests from wood fibres mixed with water, to create a ...

Dohr, Germany Info from Licensor: "Hornets and wasps, always lots of action at the feeding site Last summer I also spent time ...

A bug bite that looks like a bruise can come from spiders, hornets, wasps, mosquitos, and ticks. While red marks, welts, and ...

The researchers say wasps are a much maligned insect, which deserve more attention. Rather than being "bothersome and pointless", they are in fact beneficial insects, keeping other pests in check.

Kolkata: In a remarkable achievement for biodiversity research, the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) has identified a new ...

Scroll through our magnified specimen images and discover the miniature, ethereal world of chalcid wasps. While beautiful to look at through a microscope, these tiny wasps are also killers of the most ...

Armed with one of the most painful stings on the planet, tarantula hawks are a spider's worst nightmare. A fear of insects - entomophobia - is relatively common among people, but for some spiders, ...

Fish such as bass and trout prepare fat reserves for migrations to deeper waters. And social insect queens emerge from ...