Our Ask Me Anything team explore where the wasps at Alexandra Palace come from and what is behind the phenomenon.

Discover the imperial moth, one of North America’s largest and most striking silk moths. Learn about its range, life cycle, ...

If you're not a fan of these buzzy insects, there are things you can do to make your yard less hospitable. Mosquitoes may be among the most dangerous insects to humans, but most people fear wasps a ...

I spotted this creature at Killygarvan graveyard, Rathmullan, Co Donegal in July – a toad – but it doesn’t match the pictures ...

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.

CRAWLING ON YOUR FRONT OR BACK PORCH. WE’RE TALKING ABOUT THE WOOLY BEAR CATERPILLAR. DEFINITELY HAVE SEEN THEM. RUMOR HAS IT THAT THESE CATERPILLARS MAY HAVE SOMETHING UP THEIR SLEEVES IN TERMS OF ...

Most of us know that bees and wasps are pollinators, but what else pollinates flowers and various plants? Sadly, no honey is involved, but no sting, either. The Beaufort Hotel is extremely thankful ...

The most important pollinators are bees, especially solitary bees, but ants, butterflies, wasps, flies, and beetles also pollinate. (Gregory Shaver/Gregory Shaver ) We’ve heard that pollinators are ...

These variegated, collaged-looking nests — fetching up to $250 each — are a recent fixation in interior design. Indoors, a wasp nest can look like a sculpture that both “elevates living spaces” and ...

Jaco Greeff received funding from the National Research Foundation. Any opinion, findings and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors and therefore the NRF ...

If you love figs, you may have heard some unsettling lore about them: that every fig hides a wasp, because these insects need to crawl inside and die in order for the fruit to grow. But are there ...