Have you ever noticed a papery nest tucked under an eave or hidden in a tree and wondered how it got there? Wasps are ...

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If you're seeing more than a few wasps near your house, here's how to get rid of them and keep them away.

It’s August, and you’re about to enjoy a lovely picnic in the sunshine with your friends. But then, a vexatious buzz signals the arrival of a tiny gatecrasher, who, after terrifying the weaker members ...

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.

Wasps are some of the most misunderstood creatures on the planet, but you definitely do not want to harass them. Although the ubiquitous insects are quite pretty — northern paper wasps, for example, ...

Just the sight of a wasp can send an outdoor picnic into chaos or school children on the playground running in terror. Unlike the fuzzy, widely-loved bumblebee, the ...

Mother Nature is pretty good about eliminating anything that isn't working correctly. With plants and animals, it's called natural selection, and it ensures that every organism that continues to exist ...

Before you swat a stinging wasp away from your next picnic, pause to consider the delicate and beautiful hammer orchid. The Australian flowers evolved to resemble the rear end of a female thynnine ...

The nostalgia flowing since the documented collapse of our insect populations has many wellsprings: Childhood memories of meadows filled with butterflies, the usual belated media fondness for honey ...

Why are bees held in such high-regard, while their wasp cousins seem to be almost universally disliked? This apparent hate for wasps is, in large part, down to a lack of understanding among the public ...