Wasps are often feared and respected for their ability to sting. Some species may become aggressive if closely approached or disturbed. Others will not sting people or animals until after direct ...

Pictured here is a red paper wasp, one of 22 species of paper wasps known to exist in North America. Paper wasps are so called because they build paper nests. I once observed one carefully cutting ...

In terms of popularity, wasps sit somewhere between house centipedes and mosquitos in regards to universal desire for their demise — so the prospect that they can identify faces is pretty horrifying.

A dumpster seems an unlikely place for a scientific discovery. A wasp nest in a dumpster outside of Cousens Gym, however, was exactly where a group of Tufts researchers made a discovery that has added ...

There are over 100,000 species of wasps, each with different habits and life cycles. Wasps are important pollinators and help control harmful insects that destroy food crops. Drones or worker wasps ...

Paper wasps have a nasty reputation for their ability to deliver a painful sting multiple times, sometimes even in groups, but as a whole the species is beneficial to humans as predators of other ...

If you’ve been outside recently, you likely have come across a common summer nuisance: wasps. While different kinds of wasps become active at different times of the summer, there are some varieties ...

When I am talking to folks about wasps, I usually have to stop a couple of times and explain that when I say I love wasps, I truly do mean wasps. Yes, the stinging ones. Yes, the ones that stung ...

This week, the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) reported that 139 new species were discovered in the Greater Mekong region last year, including a species of wasp that can drag a cockroach to its death. Most ...