Female Aedes aegypti commonly lay eggs on the inner walls of artificial containers. When the containers fill with water, mosquito larvae hatch from the eggs. After developing through four larval ...

In a horrific discovery that seems straight out of the science-fiction movie "Alien," researchers have found a new species of ...

Potter wasps build small clay pots as nests and prey ... while wasps abandon their nests every year. The wasp life cycle is ...

STARKVILLE, Miss.—Creating a buzz in Nature this week, a Mississippi State biologist’s research has led to the discovery of a ...

A newly discovered species of wasp has been named after one of Harry Potter's greatest villains, Lucius Malfoy. New Zealand researcher Tom Saunders hopes to take the sting out of the tail of what ...

Some species (paper wasps, for instance) do not bother humans much. Mud daubers, also known as potter wasps, are another example of a species that mind their own business and have no plans to ...

A small team of biologists at Mississippi State University and the University of Wyoming has found a species of parasitoid ...

One had mealy bugs and as I cleaned them off, I found mud pots on a branch. I had potter wasps! There are many wasps that are predators, pollinators and not trying to get people. The potter wasp ...

In the end, all animals die. We call this a life cycle. Animals are small when they start life. Over time they grow bigger and their bodies change. When they are grown up, they might reproduce and ...

A new species of wasp has been discovered parasitizing adult ... The team named the new species Syntretus perlmani, and carefully studied its life cycle. Female S. perlmani use their ovipositors ...

Creating a buzz, a biologist's research has led to the discovery of a new parasitic wasp species with unusual biology in the Eastern U.S., opening doors for future research in fundamental biological ...