In what experts have called a ‘surprising act of selflessness’, some wasp colonies lend their spare workers to babysit in neighbouring nests, a study has found. Researchers from the UK studied some 20,000 baby Neotropical paper wasps and their carers from 91 different colonies in Panama, including near the canal. Paper wasps are so-named for … Read more
Swarm of WASPS attacks children at German school, leaving 16 hospitalised and 11 needing emergency treatment Children were stung at the Adolf Reichwein secondary school in Lüdenscheid The city is around an hour’s drive northeast of the German of Cologne City hospital said they treated 13 kids – 11 of whom needed emergency care While it’s … Read more
Even after 99 million years, turns out some things never change. Cuckoo wasps were shades of metallic green 99 million years ago just like they are today, a study of extraordinarily-preserved insects trapped in amber has revealed. The specimens from Myanmar — which also included beetles, ants and a soldier fly — largely retained the colours … Read more
Insect Fight Club! Wasps ‘eavesdrop’ on rivals to see if they will lose to them in combat, say scientists who pitted insects against each other in ‘fighting arena’ A new study reveals wasps observe rivals fighting to see if they can compete Experts created a fighting arena and pitted to wasps against each other Two … Read more