The influx of minute pirate bugs can be a painful nuisance at this time of year for humans due to their normal food sources ...

Have you ever opened your closet to find a hole in a shirt or your favorite pair of jeans? Or maybe you’ve noticed little ...

Kissing bug disease, which causes everything from a furious, excruciating itch to a sudden stroke or deadly heart attack, is endemic in the United States, a new report said. In other words, Chagas ...

(THE CONVERSATION) Grape phylloxera, or Daktulosphaira vitifoliae, is an aphidlike insect that attacks grapevines with devastating effects. In Colorado, where wine is an estimated US$3.9 billion ...

This past weekend, I had a glimpse into one of the most fascinating and bizarre (also gruesome) animal behaviors I have ever witnessed. I was out walking the dog and happened to notice a large wasp ...

A live weta in Northland being devoured by invasive wasps. Video / Brad Windust Northland is among New Zealand’s most wasp-infested regions, with 88% of participants in a new national survey reporting ...

Steve McQueen is best known for driving Porsches and Mustangs, but he had a fondness for 1950s Americana. This Hudson Wasp, which he drove up until his death in 1980, was a favorite. Having spent time ...

Rob Longair, a research associate at the Canadian National Collection of Insects, Arachnids and Nematodes in Ottawa, says wasps "are killing hundreds and thousands and tens of thousands of the insects ...

Whether they’re near garbage cans, in parks, on terrasses, or even near your lunch, wasps aren’t afraid to get up close and personal. They tend to be more active this time of year for a few reasons.

At this time of year, you might notice an uptick in buzzing visitors around your patio, compost pile or refuse bins. The striped yellow, orange and black pollinators we laud in spring and summer seem ...