Scientists have unearthed a new species of wasp in the Amazon – and it's rather terrifying. The alien-looking parasitic creature came to light when a team at Utah State University were researching ...

Scientists have just identified two previously unknown species of parasitic wasps living in the United States. The discovery is described in a study in the Journal of Hymenoptera Research led by ...

Learn about B. dorsalis, a previously unknown species of parasitic wasp from Europe that has now been discovered in the U.S. Stephanie Edwards is the marketing coordinator at Discover Magazine, who ...

An extinct species of parasitic wasp dating back nearly 99 million years was found preserved in amber, according to researchers. Specimens of Sirenobethylus charybdis, or S. charybdis, named after the ...

Galls are small, tumor-like growths formed on plants that act as incubators for oak gall wasp larvae. Parasitic wasps often lay their own eggs in these galls, which later feed on their victims. North ...

Oregon State University fossil research has revealed an exquisite merger of art and science: a long-stemmed flower of a newly described plant species encased in a 30-million-year-old tomb together ...

A zombie wasp has been pictured after a parasitic fungi infected it and took over its body. The Alabama Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries Division posted pictures of the wasp to Facebook, where it can ...

A team of researchers at Mississippi State University has identified a new species of parasitic wasp that employs a previously unknown and gruesome method of reproduction—one never before observed in ...

In a French meadow, a creature that specialises in corrupting the bodies of other animals is getting a taste of its own medicine. Leptopilina boulardi is a wasp that lays its eggs in fly maggots . And ...

Swarms of parasitic wasps will descend upon Kona coffee farms this spring as a long-gestating plan to control an invasive pest finally goes forward. The coffee berry borer is a destructive invasive ...

Select an option below to continue reading this premium story. Already a Honolulu Star-Advertiser subscriber? Log in now to continue reading. Ho said biocontrol agents like the wasps are typically ...

The species likely used its unique apparatus to trap its hosts, scientists said. An extinct species of parasitic wasp dating back nearly 99 million years was found preserved in amber, according to ...