Some wasps are unsettling, and then there are species so extreme that even the scientists who study them reach for words like ...

Burgers, potato salad, corn hole and cool beverages: all staples of late summer barbecues and tailgate parties. It’s a great time until the wasps arrive, dive-bombing the watermelon and hiding in your ...

Just because some flying creature is buzzing about, don't automatically reach for the fly swatter or bug spray. It's probably not out to get you. And you could inadvertently snuff out a great ally for ...

Clistopyga isayae, like other membrs of its genus, has a wild looking ovipositor, an adapted stinger through which it lays eggs. Palacio What links all of the newly described species is the trademark ...

Wondercide provides a visual guide for seasonal stingers. Enjoy eating outside this fall by covering food so wasps can't forage on food. They're predatory insects looking for protein and sweets.

Evolution, Vol. 63, No. 1 (Jan., 2009), pp. 288-294 (7 pages) Periodical cicadas are known for unusually long and prime-numbered life cycles (13 and 17 years) for insects. To explain the evolution of ...