Bees, wasps, and hornets look similar — but their behavior couldn’t be more different. Bees are pollinators that rarely sting unless threatened, while wasps are aggressive predators that scavenge ...

Burrowing bees generally prefer to make their nests in the open, but some 20,000 years ago their ancestors lived in a cave ...

To date, there have been been reported sightings only in Auckland - with the discovery of queen hornets and nests in the ...

Fossils from a Caribbean cave reveal bees once nested inside animal bones, offering rare insight into ancient insect behavior ...

Bees and wasps provide many ecological services, including pollinating and feeding on garden pests such as caterpillars. But now that chilly days have arrived in most of the Southeast, you may wonder ...

Unfortunately, yet another invasive insect is keeping Clemson staff busy this year. The yellow-legged hornet has been spotted ...

While cleaning fossils retrieved from a cave on a Caribbean island, a researcher noticed something strange in the hollow ...

In a Caribbean cave, researchers discovered hundreds of fossils with bee nests within them. It is the first time this behavior has been recorded, a new study finds.

It’s time to “Spot, Scrape, Squish!” Managing those early stages caught on, as many people were seen eliminating insects on ...

The floor of the Cueva de Mono, a cave in the Dominican Republic, is a gruesome graveyard. For thousands of years, it served ...

It all began with the discovery of ancient owl pellets – a gross but normal part of their digestion where they essentially ...

Learn how environmental constraints and a lack of soil led ancient bees to reuse fossil cavities in a Caribbean cave, leaving ...