Fruit flies are generally highly susceptible to parasitic wasps, but some have stolen a gene from bacteria that makes them resistant. This adult fly, Drosophila melanogaster, has two cysts (made dark ...

It sounds like something out of the "Alien" movie series, but wasps that lived during the age of dinosaurs laid eggs inside fly pupae, with the wasps eating the flies from the inside out. The study, ...

This is the parasitic wasp Dolichogenidea xenomorph. Credit: Photo by Erinn Fagan-Jeffries The inspiration for the chestburster creature from "Alien," a rare subfamily of parasitoid wasps reproduces ...

Curious where bees and wasps go in winter? Learn how these buzzing insects survive the cold months and what happens to hives and nests until spring.

It sounds like something out of the “Alien” movie series, but wasps that lived during the age of dinosaurs laid eggs inside fly pupae, with the wasps eating the flies from the inside out. The study, ...

ABILENE, Texas (KTAB/KRBC) — Some West Texas residents have noticed small acorn-like balls in their yard or around their oak trees, but with acorn season not starting until the fall, what are they?

Wasps have rather obvious defenses, such as venomous stingers. But their eggs—soft, oblong, and motionless—are vulnerable to foes like fungi. Enter the beewolf. New research shows that this wasp has ...

Well, it’s that time again. Time to release one of the smallest insects found on the planet – the trichogramma wasp. These tiny wasps, smaller than a pinhead, are thought to be the most widely ...

A terrifying giant wasp that starts life by eating its way out of another creature has been discovered in Africa. The beast is ten times bigger than the common wasp and lays its eggs inside the ...