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Aucklanders who feel like they have been dealing with more wasps are not imagining it. An ecology professor said a long, dry summer had led to the region being swarmed by wasps. Auckland Council ...

An ancient wasp may have used an odd structure at its rear end to capture insects and lay its eggs on or inside of them, according to a new study published Thursday in BMC Biology. Researchers ...

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Scientists have discovered a new species of ancient wasp, encased in 99-million-year-old amber, that may have lived alongside dinosaurs. The remarkable insect, found in northern Myanmar ...

The species likely used its unique apparatus to trap its hosts, scientists said. An extinct species of parasitic wasp dating back nearly 99 million years was found preserved in amber, according to ...

After examining multiple roughly 99-million-year-old specimens, researchers believe the extinct wasp species featured Venus flytrap-like abdomen appendages for capturing other insects. Once pinned ...

An extraordinary extinct wasp found preserved in amber may have used its abdomen to grasp other insects like a Venus flytrap before laying its eggs on them. “It’s unlike anything I’ve ever ...

The ancient world was even freakier than we knew. Research out this week details a parasitic wasp preserved in amber for nearly 100 million years that had a Venus flytrap-like belly it might have ...

This photo provided by Qiong Wu in March 2025 shows an ancient wasp, preserved in amber from Myanmar, whose back end resembles a Venus flytrap plant. (Qiong Wu via AP) ...