Imagine walking through a quiet garden and spotting a mysterious grayish structure clinging to a tree branch—a wasp nest. It ...

If a wasp does sting you, Texas Parks and Wildlife suggests the following: Remove the stinger. Washing sting with soap and ...

THE communities of the paper wasp, like those of other social inseets of the family, consist of three kinds of individuals—males, females and workers. The colonies only exist for a single season ...

So, fine. Wasps ARE useful and important. But they are still scary and gross. Wasps are important parts of the food chain in ...

But a new study shows that wild chimpanzees in Uganda’s Kibale National Park (above) signal what parts of their bodies they want groomed. And most of the time, the chimps’ grooming partners went to ...

One study recorded wasps visiting and pollinating over 600 species of different fauna. Another has shown that in the absence of bumblebees as pollinators, the introduction of Paper Wasps can ...

They will be judged on their quality, style and originality. Zhai Zeyu (China) records the moment a paper wasp investigates an Eastern penduline tit nest. On a balmy afternoon in a wetland in China’s ...

Though it’s only April, don’t be surprised if you have already seen a wasp or two. Are you starting to notice large reddish-brown insects with wings? This is most likely the Paper Wasp ...