A new study from the University of Haifa – Oranim Campus, published in the prestigious scientific journal Current Biology, identified an unusual mechanism for the transmission of symbiotic bacteria ...

Unlike most insects, which transfer helpful bacteria to their young through eggs, this wasp's venom gland contains the bacterium Sodalis SC. When the wasp stings a developing fly pupa, the bacterium ...

The agriculture authorities in Ben Tre Province, southern Vietnam have released 285 million parasitic wasps into the ...

An ancient wasp may have zipped among the dinosaurs, with a body like a Venus flytrap to seize and snatch its prey, scientists reported Wednesday. The parasitic wasp's abdomen boasts a set of ...

When the wasp stings a developing fly pupa, the bacterium travels with the venom. The wasp then lays its egg on the pupa, and the hatching larva consumes the pupa, along with the bacteria.

A previously unknown species of wasp with an abdomen reminiscent of a Venus flytrap has been discovered in 99-million-year-old Kachin amber, and entomologists have never seen anything like it. While ...

This photo provided by Qiong Wu in March 2025 shows an ancient wasp, preserved in amber from Myanmar, whose back end resembles a Venus flytrap plant. (Qiong Wu via AP) 31,170 people played the ...

It’s that time of year again, when the ground thaws, the days stretch a little longer and gardens begin to wake up. But along ...