Common Hoverfly Parasitoid Wasps! Today we're looking at a wasp I found in my backyard. This little insect lays its eggs inside of other hosts (hoverflys), which consumes the hoverfly larva from the ...

Swarms of parasitic wasps will descend upon Kona coffee farms this spring as a long-gestating plan to control an invasive ...

The system with this unexpected structure is centered around the K-type star WASP-132, located around 403 light-years away in the constellation of Lupus. Its inhabitants are the hot Jupiter (WASP ...

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Recent observations have shaken up this old concept, as a surprising twist has come from an unlikely source: oak galls produced by certain wasps. Eight-year-old Hugo noticed something puzzling one ...

Our study has solved these long-standing questions. We discovered previously overlooked wall-pore sensilla on the walking legs of male wasp spiders (Argiope bruennichi) and demonstrated that they can ...

You might think 'Main Street' is the most common street name in the US, but think again! Turns out, 'Second' Street takes the top spot, followed by 'Third,' 'First,' and so on. What is the most ...

Researchers have discovered a link between a chronic gut infection caused by a common virus and the development of Alzheimer's disease in some people. Most people encounter cytomegalovirus (CMV) ...