Explore the intricate design of a giant paper wasp nest as we cast it in epoxy resin and cut it in half using a 60,000 PSI ...

Pictured here is a red paper wasp, one of 22 species of paper wasps known to exist in North America. Paper wasps are so called because they build paper nests. I once observed one carefully cutting ...

In a series of studies over more than 20 years, evolutionary biologists have demonstrated that paper wasps, despite their tiny brains, have an impressive capacity to learn, remember and make social ...

On a muggy spring night in 2016, the chemist Bernd Schöllhorn was tromping alone through a forest in northern Vietnam. Into the inky darkness, he raised a black light—and saw an extraordinarily bright ...

Wasps provide crucial support to their extended families by babysitting at neighboring nests, according to new research. Wasps provide crucial support to their extended families by babysitting at ...