Let’s peel back the layers and marvel at the astonishing craft of wasp paper makers. Wasps are not just insects with a painful sting; they are nature’s builders, using remarkable skills to ...

THE communities of the paper wasp, like those of other social inseets of the family, consist of three kinds of individuals—males, females and workers. The colonies only exist for a single season ...

The insects’ insides provide a favorable environment for outcrossing in domestic and wild yeast strains, scientists show. A series of rodent experiments showed that even with abundant food and water, ...

Though it’s only April, don’t be surprised if you have already seen a wasp or two. Are you starting to notice large reddish-brown insects with wings? This is most likely the Paper Wasp ...

As with most social insects, Panamanian paper wasp workers forsake their rights to reproduce for lives spent tending to the queen’s brood. Because nestmates are all genetically related, wasps preserve ...