ANN ARBOR--A new University of Michigan study provides the first evidence of transitive inference, the ability to use known relationships to infer unknown relationships, in a nonvertebrate animal: the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Wasp in flightGetty Images/Renaud Visage Wasps are some of the most misunderstood creatures on the planet, but you definitely do ...

A variety of wasp known as the Leptopilina boulardi has very strange reproduction method. The female wasp finds a fly maggot it delays a single egg inside the maggots body. When the wasp egg hatches, ...

Researchers have used an innovative approach to reveal the molecular basis of altruistic behavior in wasps. Like honey bee workers, wasp workers give up their reproductive capabilities and focus ...

Summer is approaching in the northern hemisphere, heralding the return of that great scourge of al fresco diners everywhere: the wasp. Now, a new study out of the University of Michigan reveals that ...

Scientists say the loss of a queen wasp triggers a power struggle and social turmoil that can often be violent and chaotic.

They buzz. They hover. Sometimes they sting. But how much do you really know about these insects that can menace our summers? By Cara Giaimo Wasps get a bad rap. And sometimes, they deserve it.

A new study provides the first evidence of transitive inference, the ability to use known relationships to infer unknown relationships, in a nonvertebrate animal: the lowly paper wasp. A new ...

Researchers at the University of Illinois have used an innovative approach to reveal the molecular basis of altruistic behavior in wasps. The research team focused on the expression of ...