Those singular shapes, insect anatomists explain, stem from the treehopper’s specially modified pronotum—a section of the thorax that in other insects resembles a small, shield-like plate.

Children and scientists discover how wasps trick ants into protecting their larvae, changing our understanding of nature's ...

Swarms of parasitic wasps will descend upon Kona coffee farms this spring as a long-gestating plan to control an invasive ...

But only some will survive the winter. Those that do, emerge when the weather warms up. These female wasps begin to form new colonies. After building a small nest, the new queen lays eggs of the first ...

Dr Gavin Broad, wasp expert at the Museum, uncovers the eccentricities of this small but sinister creature. Tarantula hawks can reach up to 11 centimetres long. There are 133 known species and they ...

The nests start to develop in late spring, when queen wasps emerge from hibernation. Building a small nest of just a few paper cells, the queen must rear the first set of workers alone before the ...