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Wasps can quickly turn outdoor gatherings into frustrating experiences, especially if you're allergic to their stings. While these insects do help gardens by pollinating plants and controlling harmful ...

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A parasitic wasp castrates its moth larvae hosts by injecting them with a ‘domesticated’ virus that causes cells in the larvae’s testes to die. Now, scientists know exactly how the virus does its ...

The nest was found at the Savannah River Site in South Carolina AP Photo/Stephen B. Morton South Carolina workers discovered a radioactive wasp nest at the site of a facility that used to make nuclear ...

The giant ichneumon wasp, megarhyssa rixator, has an unusual method for laying eggs. Using her overly-long ovipositor to drill deep into a tree trunk, she deposits a single egg on to the surface of an ...

In a dramatic bid to reproduce, a tarantula hawk wasp must attack an arachnid several times her size. One Arizona family witnessed and filmed this duel between species, which ended in a gruesome ...