Oklahoma's springtime weather brings out various insects, from beneficial pollinators like red paper wasps to pests like ...

After cold winters, invertebrates such as honeybees and paper wasps seem to disappear and then suddenly return in large ...

I think I can find agreement in most quarters that everyone loves bees. They mind their own business, pollinate flowers, and ...

A Dalhousie University student is collecting wasp nests to analyze them for the presence of heavy metals such as copper and ...

Spring is top breeding season for many animals, and if you start noticing different nests around your home, here is how to ...

The next time you stub your toe, get pricked with a needle, or have your fingers jammed in the lid of a piano, you might pause to consider the marvellous way our bodies are able to heal such injuries.

Tiny transmitter could help scientists understand surprisingly social wasps ...

Certain species of wasps and frogs share a pain and inflammation peptide similar to one found in vertebrates to help defend against predators—a discovery that contributes to a shifting view of how ...

With spring around the corner, Maryland naturalist Carl R. Gold lays out some of the plants — some edible, some poisonous — that you’ll soon see sprouting up.

One such molecule is known as bradykinin. It is shared by all vertebrates, including mammals, reptiles, birds and fish. But it is also present in the venoms of some wasps and the toxic skin secretions ...