This week, the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) reported that 139 new species were discovered in the Greater Mekong region last year, including a species of wasp that can drag a cockroach to its death. Most ...

Six months after he published “On the Origin of Species,” Charles Darwin wrote a letter to his friend, Asa Gray. He was troubled by a family of parasitic wasps, the ichneumonidae, that lays its eggs ...

A fear of wasps is relatively common among many. If it’s not the anticipatory buzz of nearby wings that gets you, it’s the thought of the giant stinger they wield. But what about their size? Compared ...

Growers urged to keep eyes open for hornets. Yellow-legged hornet (far left) compared to species established in New Zealand: ...

PETBOOK editor and biologist Saskia Schneider explains how these insects endure the harshest time of the year—and why you ...

Have you wondered why wasps seem to prefer building nests around your house? The different species of wasp each have their ...

Dementor wasps now exist thanks to museum patrons in Germany. Roughly 300 people voted to name an obscure wasp species from southeast Asia after the creatures from the "Harry Potter" novels. J.K.