Carpenter bees have “shiny, iridescent, hairless” abdomens that can reflect blue, black and purple colors, while bumblebees ...

An invasive insect species that’s native to Northeast Asia has been discovered on Mount Desert Island. It’s believed that the ...

MANITOULIN—Across the vast and varied landscapes of North America, a quiet crisis is unfolding. The once-familiar hum of bees, the flicker of butterfly wings, the dusk-dance of moths, all are fading.

Preserved in amber, the wasp appears to have used a Venus flytrap-like structure on its body to grasp potential hosts.

Bee, wasp, yellow jacket, hornet, and fire ant are the insect stings that most often trigger allergic reactions. But most people aren't allergic to insect stings and may mistake a normal sting ...

Target identification is the process of identifying the direct molecular target – for example protein or nucleic acid – of a small molecule. In clinical pharmacology, target identification is ...

behavior has been observed among living parasitoid wasp species. For example, a group of wasps known as cuckoo wasps lay their eggs in the nest of another wasp species, and the larvae feast on ...

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Scientists discovered an ancient wasp species, Sirenobethylus charybdis, preserved in 99-million-year-old amber from Myanmar. The wasp's structure resembles a Venus flytrap, believed to have been ...

"Many of these wasp species nest in the ground and are susceptible to flooding and of course we haven't had wet weather up in the North. "It's part of the cyclic nature of wasps. The stars have ...

This is especially true for bees, with over one-third of native bee species at risk of extinction. Overall, the new research found that more than 22% of native pollinators in North America are at ...