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Aug 30, 2021
The government is raising an army of parasitic wasps to fight invasive beetles
The invasive green beetle destroys trees across 35 US states—and quarantine efforts are futile.
May 07, 2021
The most effective ways to avoid bee, wasp, and hornet stings
Your guide to a sting-free summer.
May 03, 2021
Wasps are the bee’s knees
Wasps have a vastly under-appreciated role, both as predators as as pollinators.
Feb 05, 2020
A healthy wasp microbiome can fend off pesticides
Scientists hope to one day develop probiotics that shield humans too.
Aug 21, 2018
Wasps, oak trees, and a creepy vine are involved in a parasitic Florida love triangle
Nature is wild.
Jul 11, 2018
This newly-discovered wasp has a horrifying stinger—but what it uses it for is even worse
That's some big stinger energy.
Aug 11, 2017
Scientists are naming new species after musicians, and it’s kind of amazing
From Beyoncé to Shakira.
Jan 25, 2017
This parasitic wasp forces other parasitic wasps to do its dirty work, then eats them
It's parasitic wasps all the way down
Jul 07, 2014
This Wasp Eats Spiders And Stacks Up Corpses Of Stinging Ants
Maybe bone-house wasps listen to too much Slayer.
