Forestry officials in the US are releasing non-native species of parasitic wasps into our forests by the thousands, but there ...

A fear of wasps is relatively common among many. If it’s not the anticipatory buzz of nearby wings that gets you, it’s the ...

Scott Shaw, a University of Wyoming entomology professor, recently contributed to a comprehensive new book on Darwin wasps, ...

Two species of Bootanomyia dorsalis wasps introduced to North America from Europe A, B variation in the extent of wing infumation from a single collection of B. dorsalis sp. 2 from Neuroterus ...

Six months after he published “On the Origin of Species,” Charles Darwin wrote a letter to his friend, Asa Gray. He was troubled by a family of parasitic wasps, the ichneumonidae, that lays its eggs ...

The AMNH identifies 70 new species in 2025 after reviewing decades of collections, while their habitats disappear without ...

A study finds that diverse flowers sometimes increase virus spread among bees, challenging assumptions about biodiversity, ...

A total of 17 new genera and 29 new species of parasitoid wasps were identified following a study into the material deposited at major natural history collections around the globe in an attempt to ...

In a forest in southern China, a parasitic creature flew through the air. Suddenly, a net enveloped the animal. Scientists looked at their successful catch—and discovered a new species. From research ...