Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The emerald cockroach wasp or jewel wasp is a solitary wasp of the family Ampulicidae.© RWK007/Shutterstock.com The post The Wasp ...

On Wednesday, I posted about a parasitic wasp that turns a caterpillar into both a living incubator and a zombie-like bodyguard for its larvae. Well, it seems to be a bumper week for wasp research; ...

It's Halloween, so prepare to be terrified. And no, this column has nothing to do with Open Enrollment Season. Instead, it relates to the emerald cockroach wasp, a wisp of an insect that you may have ...

The post The Wasp That Zombifies Roaches and Leads Them on a Leash appeared first on A-Z Animals. The natural world can be beautiful and transcendent. It can also be downright merciless, and almost ...

The natural world can be beautiful and transcendent. It can also be downright merciless, and almost medieval in its strategies for extracting resources. The emerald jewel wasp and its method of ...