Using unconventional methods, the researchers showed just how good birds are at distinguishing wasp mimics from the real ...

Within three months, a shipment of small branches arrived in California. The branches carried not only cottony cushion scale, ...

A swarm of destructive wasp-like insects is spreading fast, and it could mean bad news for pine trees, holiday traditions, ...

Beautiful but bold, the median wasp builds large hanging nests under eaves, trees, and even balconies. Get a close-up look—at a safe distance—at one of Europe’s more aggressive wasp species.

According to the Center for Strategic and International studies, AI-driven tools were likely critical in training the ...

Astronomers have discovered over 100 new alien worlds so far this year — some many light-years away from Earth — that ...

The study has been published in the European Journal of Taxonomy and describes four previously unknown species of parasitoid wasps belonging to the genus, Idris Förster (Hymenoptera Scelionidae) ...

Defining the Order. This vast assemblage of insects is second only to Coleoptera (Beetles) in the number of described species. Of the 6,000–7,000 new species of insects described annually, Hymenoptera ...

The majority of insects are considered beneficial or harmless. Of course, those are the ones we want to have hanging around.

As managed honeybee hives multiply, wild bees and butterflies are disappearing. Since honeybees are not endangered, is ...

The European Union has not gone as far as President Trump in cracking down on immigration, but its shift is already profound. By Emma Bubola and Jeanna Smialek June 29, 2025 ...

Africanized honeybees, aka "killer bees," live in several states across the southern U.S. and are expected to move north.