McCOOK, Neb. - For the first Coffee Talk of 2026, the Gazette met with Ruby Collins and Samantha Daniel of the University of Nebraska Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources Extension offices, ...

A warming climate is disrupting the delicate balance of nature. An international team of scientists led by entomologists from ...

This September, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, Minnesota Department of Agriculture, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Forest Service will complete a joint biological control ...

In this episode of Tiny Show and Tell Us, a listener on “team wasp” writes in with some interesting info on USDA wasps for pesticide-free pest control and we learn about some wasp versus beetle drama.

Two new invasive European parasitic (parasitoid) wasp species have been discovered in the U.S. Scientists have discovered them in samples from oak trees and published their findings recently. Here, we ...

This past weekend, I had a glimpse into one of the most fascinating and bizarre (also gruesome) animal behaviors I have ever witnessed. I was out walking the dog and happened to notice a large wasp ...

Common Hoverfly Parasitoid Wasps! Today we're looking at a wasp I found in my backyard. This little insect lays its eggs inside of other hosts (hoverflys), which consumes the hoverfly larva from the ...

Guwahati: Deep in the forests of Arunachal Pradesh, a simple yellow pan trap revealed an extraordinary secret: a wasp species previously unknown to science. That chance encounter has now led to the ...

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Officials at a former nuclear bomb site in South Carolina have discovered a radioactive wasp nest. Workers were conducting a routine radiation level check at the Savannah River Site near Aiken when a ...

Wasps often get a bad reputation for being aggressive and painful pests. However, they play important roles in our gardens. From pollination to pest control, wasps are more helpful than many people ...