According to Senkenberg, this year's choice is the horntail wasp, which is highly appreciated by foresters. The horntail wasp is a rather inconspicuous insect. Adult specimens are only about 2.5 ...

This calibrated timeline provides precise constraints on major climatic events and the appearance of early complex life, offering critical ... known as Milankovitch cycles, influence global ...

But one pest which drives people to distraction is also making its way back with the sunshine: the much maligned wasp. While bees and bumblebees have become the darling of gardeners in recent ...

An extinct lineage of parasitic wasps dating from the mid-Cretaceous period and preserved in amber may have used their Venus flytrap-like abdomen to capture and immobilize their prey. Research ...

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An extraordinary extinct wasp found preserved in amber may have used its abdomen to grasp other insects like a Venus flytrap before laying its eggs on them. “It’s unlike anything I’ve ever ...

The species likely used its unique apparatus to trap its hosts, scientists said. An extinct species of parasitic wasp dating back nearly 99 million years was found preserved in amber, according to ...

NEW YORK (AP) — An ancient wasp may have zipped among the dinosaurs, with a body like a Venus flytrap to seize and snatch its prey, scientists reported Wednesday. NEW YORK (AP) — An ancient ...

all living things have a life cycle and each stage is as important as the last. For these arctic fox cubs life is all play at the moment. But there is a serious side to the fun and games – they ...

After examining multiple roughly 99-million-year-old specimens, researchers believe the extinct wasp species featured Venus flytrap-like abdomen appendages for capturing other insects. Once pinned ...