The struggle between predator and prey may seem savage and senseless to humans, but new research suggests it is not only essential for life on Earth, it also increases biodiversity. Subscribe to read ...

Smartest way for man to fight the insects who rival him for the earth’s bounty is to turn insect against insect. The wasp Microbracon mellitor assassinates boll weevils (which last year destroyed ...

Wasps are notorious for devouring other creatures from the inside out. Now scientists have learned that after they’ve killed something, they wrap themselves up in its cocoon for good measure and ...

Jumping is not about fun and games for insect larvae. They must do it to survive. This maneuver is all about finding a shady spot to develop in, according to researchers who looked into the jumping ...

This July and August, have you seen any huge wasps – a fearsome 2-inches long – flying around and perhaps going into holes in sandy ground? If so, you probably went out of your way to avoid them, ...

A female ichneumonid wasp, Megarhyssa perlata, drills into a tree to insert eggs on wood-boring beetle larvae hidden deep inside. (Kees Zwakhals Photo) Scott Shaw, a University of Wyoming entomology ...

Jumping is not about fun and games for insect larvae. They must do it to survive. This manoeuvre is all about finding a shady spot to develop in, according to researchers from Kyushu University in ...