An American man and his teenage son have died after they were stung by a swarm of wasps while ziplining in Laos last month.

Regulations make it hard to introduce organisms that quash invasive species. Some experts see missed opportunities.

Giulia Carbonaro is a Newsweek reporter based in London, U.K. Her focus is on the U.S. economy, housing market, property insurance market, local and national politics. She has previously extensively ...

Asian wasps that hijack stink bug eggs for their own young are being eyed as the answer to the destructive pest that is threatening crops across Maryland and the mid-Atlantic region. Kim Hoelmer, the ...

Wasps are some of the most misunderstood creatures on the planet, but you definitely do not want to harass them. Although the ubiquitous insects are quite pretty — northern paper wasps, for example, ...

You can see a video about ash borer biocontrol by the Virginia Department of Forestry at wapo.st/ash_borers. Up close, the emerald ash borer is a strikingly beautiful insect. It’s also a dangerous ...

One wasp sting can ruin a summer afternoon-but more than 100 can end a life in minutes. That grim reality struck on Oct. 15 in Laos, when American educator Dan Owen and his teenage son Cooper were ...

Insects seem to be the main pest at the Possum’s counter this week. Armyworms, chinch bugs, fleas, roaches (hey, it is Charleston, they like the world’s best city also) and mosquitoes have been ...