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

The parasitic wasp's abdomen boasts a set of flappy paddles lined with thin bristles, resembling “a small bear trap attached ...

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

An extinct species of parasitic wasp dating back nearly 99 million years was found preserved in amber, according to ...

Instead of crushing its prey, the wasp’s flytrap-like abdomen likely served as a restraining device. The flaps and teeth-like ...

An extinct lineage of parasitic wasps dating from the mid-Cretaceous period and preserved in amber may have used their Venus ...

But that heritage is under threat, and not only from giant conglomerates that mass-produce fish sauce in factories. Climate ...

Sirenobethylus charybdis lived nearly 99 million years ago and used its unique abdominal apparatus to trap prey during ...