A terrifying giant wasp that starts life by eating its way out of another creature has been discovered in Africa. The beast is ten times bigger than the common wasp and lays its eggs inside the ...

A light crackling sound floats above a field in northern Switzerland in late summer. Its source is invisible, tucked inside a dead, dried plant stem: a dozen larval mason bees striking the inner walls ...

One wasp larva biting another. (Photo courtesy of Yui ImasakiI and Tomoji Endo) (CN) — Cain and Abel. Mary Queen of Scots and Elizabeth. Liam and Noel Gallagher. Sibling rivalries are as old as ...

The jewel wasp uses one of the most extreme parasitic strategies found in nature. After manipulating a cockroach’s behavior, ...

A survey of the larvae of Japanese wasps revealed that not only is their diet more diverse than previously thought, it also showed that wild colonies prey on more species of vertebrates than had been ...

The jewel wasp is known for a parasitic life cycle that relies entirely on cockroaches. After manipulating its host, the wasp ...

Appearance: Slender body is brownish-red with bold yellow and orange markings. Long antennae. Females are 2 inches long, with a 3-4 inch-long ovipositor used to drill deeply into wood and lay eggs.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Summer is cicada season. That means it’s also the season for the giant bug’s predator: the cicada killer wasp. But the Michigan Department of Natural Resources says the ...