Researchers ventured into the Nullarbor cave system, Australia, and found a treasure house of fossils, hundreds in number and ...

Arizona biologist Andrew Wesley Legan, 30, sent shudders across social media after showcasing the scary, paralyzing effects of a spider wasp's sting — which can immobilize its victims for months ...

This is the life cycle of the spider wasp, a group of wasps in the family Pompilidae. There are about 300 species of spider wasp in North America.

What goes around, comes around. For instance, if spiders are the worst nightmare of flies, wasps are surely the worst nightmare of many spiders.

Spider wasps are active during summer months and while they are renowned for their painful sting used to paralyze spiders, they have been known to attack humans when provoked.

A jumping spider devours a hoverfly. The hoverfly has evolved to look like a wasp, but in this case the resemblance is not ...

The first new species is Idris bianor, named after the spider genus it parasitizes, according to the study. Its body length ...

Backyard Naturalist: Wasps and spiders. Watching a small wasp drag an immobile spider across the deck on a summer afternoon, Dana Wilde thinks of the underground chamber that awaits for the coming ...

A fear of insects - entomophobia -is relatively common among people, but for some spiders, stings really can be a matter of life or death. One wasp in particular makes even the biggest, hairiest ...