Pictured here is a very small wasp that is no more than 1/2 inch long as an adult. The flower it is on is a daisy fleabane. There are tens of thousands of different kinds of wasps the world over. Most ...

Whenever I asked students to tell me how insects were ecologically important, two of the most common responses were “as plant pollinators” and “some insects were vectors/carriers of diseases.” It ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. GS Photography / Getty Images There are over 100,000 species of wasps, each with different habits and life cycles. Wasps are ...

Hundreds of species of small wasps called gall wasps live in the forests of North America. Hundreds more species of them are spread worldwide. In Southeast Missouri oak trees are a favorite host plant ...

Wasps are pollinators in the garden, but not insects you want to encounter around your home, yard, or patio—they are more aggressive than bees, and you don't want to get stung while lounging outside.

By using diapause to slow down both development and biological aging, this small wasp shows that nature has ways to tweak the clock. It may be a humble insect, but its impact on how we understand ...