Nobody likes flying insects invading their picnic during the summer months, but beyond the usual bees and wasps, Brits are ...

"I've seen a lot of strange insects, but this has to be one of the most peculiar-looking ones I've seen in a while," said one entomologist.

stings really can be a matter of life or death. One wasp in particular makes even the biggest, hairiest spider run away in terror: the tarantula hawk. Dr Gavin Broad, wasp expert at the Museum, ...

Bee, wasp, yellow jacket, hornet, and fire ant are the insect stings that most often trigger allergic reactions. But most people aren't allergic to insect stings and may mistake a normal sting ...

Wasp stings were painful enough for people, but the brightly-coloured pests also had a devastating impact on our native species. “They kill lots of insects and feed on young, native birds in ...

A quick sting could have paralyzed them temporarily ... The researchers suggest that the wasp would have gone after small flying or hopping insects, like its descendants do, but its body wouldn ...