The jewel wasp is special because, unlike most invertebrates, it has a working DNA methylation system. That makes it a great model for studying the link between methylation and aging in a way that ...

In politics, business and other human organisations, leadership transitions can trigger intense power struggles. Rivals ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The sting of a tarantula hawk wasp is unlike any other insect sting. It is debilitating. So what does a tarantula hawk wasp sting ...

Scientists have discovered that jewel wasps can slow down their biological rate of aging. Their study of jewel wasps, known for their distinctive metallic colors, has shown that they can undergo a ...

When treated with caterpillar elicitor peptides, plants can induce indirect defenses by attracting beneficial insects, ...

Tropical paper wasp colonies survive chaotic queen loss through "compensator" wasps that step up essential labor.

PEOPLE DOMESTICATED sheep and cattle, wheat and maize. Wasps domesticated viruses. And, just as domesticating other species helped human populations explode, so viral domestication assisted an ...

Follow the remarkable life of a lone wasp queen as she survives winter, builds a new colony from scratch, and raises ...

In the quiet hum of a lab, scientists have found an unexpected ally in the fight to understand aging—a tiny, jewel-toned wasp. With its shimmering metallic body and short life, Nasonia vitripennis, ...

A tarantula hawk wasp is one of the largest wasps in the world. They are aptly named because they inject tarantulas with their venom, which immobilizes the spiders and allows the wasps to drag them ...