There are three groups of fascinating wildlife that folks have difficulty appreciating — wasps, spiders and snakes. Today, we’ll discuss wasps. All wasps are beneficial. They feed on — and feed to ...

Pictured here is a red paper wasp, one of 22 species of paper wasps known to exist in North America. Paper wasps are so called because they build paper nests. I once observed one carefully cutting ...

What’s buzzing around California? It’s not bees or mosquitoes, it’s wasps. Active year-round, wasps are most noticeable from March through November. This peak season sees their colonies at full size, ...

Wasps are often feared and respected for their ability to sting. Some species may become aggressive if closely approached or disturbed. Others will not sting people or animals until after direct ...

As high temperatures persist across parts of California, you may have noticed an uptick of stinging insects zipping around your property. Wasp season is typically between March and November but the ...

There are two species of red paper wasps in Oklahoma, the fine-backed red paper wasp (Polistes carolina) and the coarse-backed red paper wasp (Polistes rubiginosus). I believe the former is the more ...

There was an unexpected entry into the news cycle last weekend which caused a buzz on social media and across the web. Murder hornets had entered the United States. They had quietly made their first ...

A fear of wasps is relatively common among many. If it’s not the anticipatory buzz of nearby wings that gets you, it’s the ...

My husband was stung by some wasps while mowing. They seem to be living in the ground. What can I do to get rid of them? - Lou O., Tulsa Yellowjacket wasps often nest in the ground and are very ...

This article originally appeared on Undark. One morning in the fall of 2019, Zach Techner stepped into a heavily woven white beekeeper’s suit, pulled on rubber boots and thick orange gloves, and ...