An ancient wasp may have zipped among the dinosaurs, with a body like a Venus flytrap to seize and snatch its prey, ...

Researchers from the Tasmanian Institute of Agriculture (TIA) have released 2,500 parasitic wasps into an orchard in the Huon ...

"I've seen a lot of strange insects, but this has to be one of the most peculiar-looking ones I've seen in a while," said one ...

"Nothing similar is known from any other insect." Researchers have discovered an extinct parasitic wasp preserved in amber that once lived among the dinosaurs in present-day Myanmar about 99 million ...

Researchers named the parasitic creature Sirenobethylus charybdis —both after the sirens of Greek mythology that lured in ...

The recently discovered Sirenobethylus charybdis has features not seen in any known insect living today, researchers say.

Bizarre parasitic wasps preserved in amber about 99 million years ago had trap-like abdomens that they may have used to ...

From the tiniest microorganisms to the largest mammals, life on Earth thrives through interconnected, mutually beneficial ...

"So in [the cardboard cells] are live wasps developing within the eggs," Mr Papacek said. "When they get to the destination, those eggs will hatch and emerge and get on with doing their job ...

infested plant", while in Fig 3C, it is "infested plant vs. no plant". The content in the text does not match the figure. (6) Lines 174-178: Figure 3A showed that the body weight of Orco KO larvae in ...

The authors' demonstration that impaired olfactory perception reduces caterpillar performance and increases susceptibility to parasitism is solid. These findings highlight the ecological significance ...