Wasps are often overlooked or disliked, but they play important roles in ecosystems.

When a female mason wasp feels threatened, she jabs her stinger at an attacker, injecting it with a potent venom so she can make her escape. Male wasps lack this defense, because stingers evolved from ...

Scientists say the loss of a queen wasp triggers a power struggle and social turmoil that can often be violent and chaotic.

When a queen wasp suddenly disappears, her colony doesn’t calmly choose a successor — it erupts into chaos. Researchers found that female wasps immediately begin battling for power, shattering the ...

Watching fights between creatures in the wild can be an interesting insight into how they attack opponents and defend themselves. It says a lot about their evolution and how they have developed into ...

The release of a parasitoid wasp from Africa to assist in the fight against the invasive coffee berry borer moved one step closer to taking place Thurdsday. To date, P. coffea has been released in 12 ...