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?

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 ...

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, ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. A team of biologists recently discovered a new parasitic wasp ...

The life of the fig wasp is nature at its worst—from our human perspective, anyway. In order to lay their eggs, female fig ...

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 ...

A tiny wasp with iridescent wings showed up in upstate New York in 2010. Just one year later it was spotted in Irvine, Calif. — suggesting the fairyfly wasp is now well established in the United ...