Researchers thought colder temperatures and higher elevations could stop the march of invasive fire ants. Mother Nature had ...

“I wish we’d moved here ten years earlier,” is a refrain you’ll hear so often in Sweetwater that it might as well be the unofficial town motto, right behind whatever the actual motto is (which I’m ...

Texas’ state plant, the prickly pear cactus, is being devoured by invasive caterpillars. So Texas scientists are releasing thousands of tiny wasps.

Ampulex fronticarinalis is one of three new wasp species discovered in China. Liu Z-Z, Li Q, Ma L (2025) Its body also has a “purple luster,” according to researchers.

In the realm of famous thieves and tricksters from Han Solo to Catwoman, scientists uncovered a new set of unusual suspects – tiny wasps from an understudied genus. The wasps are not caped vigilantes ...

In Belgium, there are currently 198 known species of digger wasps – which are officially known as a Sphex wasp In June, Natuurpunt added the newly identified Nysson distinguendus to this list. This ...

Texas has two species of cicada killers, with the eastern killer being more common throughout the state. Despite their scary-sounding name, cicada killers are considered the “gentle giants” of the ...

The wasp's color is "almost identical" to the official colors of the residential college. A new wasp species, Chrysonotomyia susbelli, has been discovered in Houston, Texas, becoming the 18th species ...

A Rice student found a new wasp species on campus, the 18th discovery by a University research team By Peter Warren, Staff writer Sep 21, 2024 ...

A student on a Texas university campus made a unique discovery — a creature with a “goldenrod color” and “dark brown markings” — that turned out to be a new species of wasps ...

A student on a Texas university campus made a unique discovery — a creature with a “goldenrod color” and “dark brown markings” — that turned out to be a new species of wasps ...