A few wasps near the patio. One buzzing past at a barbecue. That’s easy to brush off. But those small moments can point to a much larger issue already forming nearby.

When the trillions of periodical cicadas emerge in multiple Midwestern and Southeastern states next month, they will face a unique predator with murderous intent: cicada killer wasps. Cicada killer ...

It’s summer in the northern hemisphere and that means sun, sea – and wasps. A lot of us have been taught to fear wasps as aggressive insects that exist only to make our lives a misery. But with ...