The Wiskott-Aldrich Syndrome Protein (WASP) family lie at a signalling node. A wide variety of upstream signals cause activation of WASP family members which then bind to the ARP2/3 actin ...

Lizzie was born in Fall River, Mass., on July 19, 1860, and immediately given the Wasp family’s favorite substitute for open affection: a nickname. Thirty-two years later at her inquest she ...

The thousands of wasp species in the Vespidae family are divided into solitary or social categories. The social wasps live in a community to build nests, raise young, find food, and defend the nests.

Like many other wasps, the Great Golden Digger Wasp belongs to the “thin waisted” wasp family (Family Sphecidae). They have a noticeable narrow or thin area between their thorax and abdomen ...

Fortunately for the wasps, they have evolved an extensive arsenal of defences that mean they can thwart most attacks. There are about 8,000 species in the wasp family Mutillidae. This group is more ...