A tiny parasitic wasp turns the Tussock moth caterpillar into a living nursery, laying eggs that hatch and feed inside the host while it continues its daily life — unaware of its fate.
The numbers are staggering: mosquito-borne diseases are blamed for over 700,000 deaths every year, according to the World ...
Researchers on Kangaroo Island have been breeding and releasing millions of sterile Australian sheep blowflies in an attempt ...
Scientists document a rare form of social parasitism in which invading queens weaponize chemistry and worker ants to dethrone ...
Carbohydrate metabolism influences the outcome of host-parasite relationships. This study shows that insect short ...
Some of nature's smallest predators are also the most disturbing, evolving ingenious ways to devour their prey while still ...
Parasitoids feed on other insects during some stage of their life cycle. Ichneumon wasps are body snatchers. With their long ...
While ant queen violence is well-known, scientists recently documented the first evidence of parasite-induced matricide ...
GALAX, Va. (WDBJ) - Galax Elementary School is being treated Wednesday night with products designed to eliminate fleas and wasps found on campus, according to Galax City Public Schools. The school ...
Two species of Bootanomyia dorsalis wasps introduced to North America from Europe A, B variation in the extent of wing infumation from a single collection of B. dorsalis sp. 2 from Neuroterus ...