Dehradun: A 47-year-old man and his eight-year-old son died on Sunday after being stung by wasps in Tuneta village in Jaunpur block of Tehri Garhwal. They were grazing cattle near the forest when ...

Scientists have accidentally discovered a previously unknown species of parasitic wasp that grows inside the ... are much more vulnerable to parasitic attacks. They don't have an exoskeleton ...

Thus, the discovery with S. perlmani is notable. "What is so unusual about this case is that the newly discovered wasp attacks the adult stage of a fly – the first time this has been discovered ...

"All known parasitoid wasps of flies attack and develop inside immature life stages," he said, "and despite 200 years of research on parasitoid wasps of Drosophila and other flies, we have never ...

"We have never come across a species that attacks the adult stage, until now." The egg-laying behavior of the new species, Syntretus perlmani, into an adult Drosophila fly. These tiny wasps were ...

A bee in your bonnet has nothing on a wasp in your belly. Mississippi scientists have discovered a new species of wasp that lays eggs in living flies so the babies burst out of their bellies ...

Wasps have generally earned themselves a bad reputation. But despite their occasional aggression, these insects play an important role in the ecosystem. There are over 7,000 species of wasp living in ...

A new species of wasp has been discovered parasitizing adult fruit flies – the first of its kind ever documented. Parasitoid wasps' life cycles can get pretty gruesome (at least from the ...

A wildlife trust hopes a giant wasp nest found in a house could help people better understand the insect. The impressive structure, measuring an estimated 75cm (30in) across, was donated to the ...

A newly identified wasp species, Chrysonotomyia susbelli, has been discovered in Houston, Texas, marking the 18th new species identified by Rice University's Scott Egan and his research team since ...

Thus, the discovery with S. perlmani is notable. "What is so unusual about this case is that the newly discovered wasp attacks the adult stage of a fly – the first time this has been discovered," Shaw ...