Learn about the wasps that have a gruesome but fascinating way of surviving.

These facts will make your skin crawl about as much as the creepy crawlies themselves A bug’s life While some people find bugs and insects fascinating, others fear the little creatures and will go out ...

It's time for the misfits and downright eccentrics of the animal kingdom to get the attention they fully deserve.

The world's weirdest bacteria might just be this one. Image an organism causing sex changes to whoever it infects. Truth is stranger than fiction.

Discover the eerie world of the parasite wasp and the mind control it exerts over orb spiders in Costa Rica.

Wasps have a reputation for being jerks because of their perceived aggressiveness and ability to sting repeatedly. They’re often negatively compared with the honey production and agricultural ...

The wasp was pictured after the fungi took control of its body and began to sprout roots from its back, producing spores that will infect other insects.

Instead of building the elaborately patterned web characteristic of the species, orb weavers under the spell of the zombie wasp only get through the first several steps of their normal web weaving ...

Insect world Parasitic wasps have saved millions of human lives by turning other insects into ‘zombies’ Although the insect is often considered ‘evil’, it has helped humans in combating pests.

Wasps have a reputation for being jerks because of their perceived aggressiveness and ability to sting repeatedly. They’re often negatively compared with the honey production and agricultural ...

Parasitic wasps are body-snatchers — if you’re an insect. But these much-maligned creatures have saved millions of human lives by controlling the spread of the cassava mealybug, write Shelley Adamo ...

Parasitic wasps to the rescue In the 1970s, the cassava mealybug (Phenacoccus manihoti) entered Western and Central Africa as an invasive pest species from Brazil.