ORLANDO, Fla. – Have you ever noticed the presence of wasps in the yard goes up around this time of year? You’re not imagining things. They’re out and they’re angrier than usual, but there’s a reason ...

Social wasps build nests from chewed wood fibers mixed with saliva, creating a durable, paper-like structure made up of tightly packed hexagonal cells. Each cell houses a developing wasp — starting as ...

A worker wasp prepares to carry bait marked with a string which allows the wasp to be tracked back to its nest. A survey on larvae of Japanese wasps revealed that not only is their diet more diverse ...

It's summer in the northern hemisphere and that means sun, sea—and wasps. This is a worker wasp. She is looking for food to feed to her sibling larvae in her mother's papery looking nest. Is she ...