Wasps invading ant-plant systems are displacing ants in disturbed forests, potentially harming ecosystem stability and regeneration.

Acid-filled pitchers complete with fangs. Labyrinthine chambers decorated with bristles. Leaves that snap shut in less than a ...

Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in zoology from the University of Reading and a master’s in wildlife documentary production from the University of Salford. Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in ...

It only takes a few wasps to crash an outdoor summer gathering. Wasps are more aggressive than bees, especially when they feel threatened, and their sting is painful and worse than a bee’s. Despite ...

In 2023, researchers were in the process of introducing the samba wasp to control the SWD population. Michigan State researchers introduced a second wasp into the equation: the ronin wasp, another ...

Parasitoid insects, unlike parasites, kill their hosts by consuming them during their larval stage. Most parasitoids are small wasps and flies, and they infect a wide range of insects and arachnids.