As it turns out, Australian native wasps are nothing to be afraid of. Hear from expert Clancy Lester about this unsung garden ...
In a forest in southern China, a parasitic creature flew through the air. Suddenly, a net enveloped the animal. Scientists looked at their successful catch—and discovered a new species. From research ...
A new paper provides the first statistically derived estimate of bee species richness around the world. But this is about ...
A total of 17 new genera and 29 new species of parasitoid wasps were identified following a study into the material deposited at major natural history collections around the globe in an attempt to ...
Wasps sting first and ask questions later—or so it seems. PETBOOK editor and biologist Saskia Schneider explains why this is the case. When we talk about wasps, we mainly mean the German wasp, Vespula ...
California photographer and conservationist Krystle Hickman is on a quest to document hundreds of species of native bees, ...
Groundbreaking study counts species across continents and countries, highlighting urgent gaps in biodiversity knowledge The world has far ...
Discover how an ancient gene influences the sex of ant, bee, and wasp embryos, impacting conservation and breeding practices.
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How the dementor wasp got its name

The natural world has produced some genuinely unsettling creatures over the years, but the dementor wasp has a particular claim […] ...