A ban on gas-powered leaf blowers in Lexington is officially underway, fulfilling a 2021 Special Town Meeting vote to prohibit the lawn care equipment for both residents and commercial landscaping ...

No species is a ‘villain’ – and even humans’ least favourite creatures are part of a web that makes all life possible A wasp has just flown into your kitchen. Do you: a) scream and run away; b) roll ...

I think I can find agreement in most quarters that everyone loves bees. They mind their own business, pollinate flowers, and add a pleasing hum as they bumble past on a hazy summer's day. Wasps, on ...

Sam Robinson receives funding from the Australian National Health and Medical Research Council. The next time you stub your toe, get pricked with a needle, or have your fingers jammed in the lid of a ...

Wasps are pollinators in the garden, but not insects you want to encounter around your home, yard, or patio—they are more aggressive than bees, and you don't want to get stung while lounging outside.

A parasitic wasp castrates its moth-larvae hosts by injecting them with a ‘domesticated’ virus that causes cells in the larvae’s testes to die. Now, scientists know exactly how the virus does its ...

With winter fast approaching, a potter wasp races to complete her nursery. For her offspring, survival depends on every final detail — including the living caterpillars she captures and conceals ...

The larvae feed on the leaves of elm trees in a distinctive zigzag pattern. Gyorgy Csoka via Wikimedia Commons under CC BY 3.0 An invasive wasp is wreaking havoc on elms across the United States—and ...

A gradual ban on noisy, polluting gas-powered leaf blowers in Portland officially went into effect on Jan. 1. The new law, approved by the Portland City Council in March of 2024, will eliminate the ...

Chris Dobey tries to flick a wasp away at Alexandra Palace Bradley Collyer - PA Images/Getty Images Alexandra Palace has been the home of the PDC World Championship since 2008, but arrows are not the ...

Electric snow blowers run quieter, cleaner, and require less maintenance than a gas-powered model. Gas-powered snow blowers can be bigger—over 26 inches wide—making them ideal for large properties ...

BANGKOK (AP) — An American man and his teenage son died last month after they were swarmed by wasps while ziplining at an adventure camp in Laos and stung many dozens of times, a hospital official ...