A biologist in New Zealand wants to clean up the image of wasps – by naming one after Lucius Malfoy, one of Harry Potter’s arch-enemies in the fantasy fiction series. Lusius malfoyi, the newly ...

The Museum of Natural History in Berlin recently allowed its patrons to name one of its henceforth unnamed wasp species. The name the public chose was Ampulex dementor, either out out of Harry Potter ...

When you put the naming of a newly-discovered creature up for popular vote, you can never quite be sure what you're going to get. Such is the case in Berlin, where a new species of wasp has been named ...

Why does a potter wasp seal living caterpillars inside her nest? With winter fast approaching, a potter wasp races to complete her nursery. For her offspring, survival depends on every final detail — ...

Attention, Newt Scamander and anyone cataloguing the world's fantastic beasts: A newly discovered wasp has been named after an iconic Harry Potter villain, and for a really interesting reason. Tom ...

A biologist in New Zealand wants to clean up the image of wasps -- by naming one after Lucius Malfoy, one of Harry Potter's arch-enemies in the fantasy fiction series. Lusius malfoyi, the newly ...