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

If you ever travel back in time to the reign of dinosaurs, don’t touch any flowers – it might just be a parasitic wasp in ...

Modern-day parasitoids in the same superfamily—Chrysidoidea—include cuckoo wasps (which, as their name suggests, lay their eggs in the nests of their hosts) and bethylid wasps (which paralyze their ...

“Termites are eating wood year round, but in the springtime is when the termite actually swarms,” said Natasha Wright, an entomologist at Braman Termite & Pest Elimination. “It produces a particular ...

From frigatebirds and gulls to curlews and cormorants, researchers are tapping the ”Internet of Animals” to map, understand, and protect our changing world.

Whether they’re opening for takeoff, spreading wide for a lazy soar or flapping to brake for landing, bird wings make flying ...

Glen Ellyn-based writer Cindy Crosby led a convocation on the insects Monday at Crispin Hall, hoping that attendees were ...

Hummingbirds are tiny gems in our gardens. These minute birds hover almost magically and fill our gardens with iridescent ...

The estimate of 5.5 million species of insects is interesting. What’s even more remarkable is that because scientists have ...

A new 17-year brood is expected to appear in some states in the next few months, and some cicada enthusiasts are calling on ...

Playgrounds can host a variety of natural wonders, and of course, kids. Now some students are not just learning about insects ...