Scientists have discovered a new wasp species in the Amazon rain forests of Peru. The new wasp genus called amazonica Capitojoppa is one of several species unknown to science which were discovered in ...

London’s Natural History Museum has used the Doctor Who 60th-anniversary celebrations as an excuse to give fourteen newly-discovered species of wasp a genus inspired by a classic Doctor Who villain.

In a forest in southern China, a parasitic creature flew through the air. Suddenly, a net enveloped the animal. Scientists looked at their successful catch—and discovered a new species. From research ...

A bee in your bonnet has nothing on a wasp in your belly. Mississippi scientists have discovered a new species of wasp that lays eggs in living flies so the babies burst out of their bellies, Nature ...

This week, the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) reported that 139 new species were discovered in the Greater Mekong region last year, including a species of wasp that can drag a cockroach to its death. Most ...

The species is described as having a blue-green body with a “purple luster,” researchers said. Photo by Charlie Chi via Unsplash In nature, animal parents can range from being doting and ...