A Fossil First: Scientists Find 1.5-Million-Year-Old Footprints of Two Different Species of Human Ancestors at Same Spot Nov. 28, 2024 — More than a million years ago, on a hot savannah teeming ...

Scientists accidentally discover new species of wasp that lays eggs inside living ... DNA analysis indicates the world's most common bee originated in northern Europe around 780,000 years ago ...

Bumble bees and yellowjacket wasps typically nest in the ground (though you might see some nesting in trees or buildings). To locate the perfect nest site, both species search for abandoned rodent ...

have a poor reputation with the public A new study reveals that wasps are largely disliked by the public, whereas bees are highly appreciated. The researchers involved say that this view is unfair ...

If you do spot a hummingbird seemingly preying on wasps or bees, chances are that it's accidental due to the fact all three species feast on nectar and are probably competing for food. Read more ...

some are tiny (a few species practically microscopic), none ever bother us and virtually all are overlooked. Why do we hate wasps and love bees? Here's what to do if you're attacked by wasps Why ...

This means they visit more flowers per unit time and are more likely to contact and move pollen than other flower visitors like flies, wasps ... help with bee conservation. The first thing you need to ...

There are 7,000 species of wasps living in the UK, nine of which build nests to house a colony. Like bees, each wasp species is either social or solitary. Those that prefer family life build nests to ...

As it happens, velvet ants, known colloquially to Brazilians as “sorcerer ants,” are actually a type of wasp, but the females ... color in the dragonflies or bees or beetles we have analyzed ...

Where wasps are hunters and scavengers ... But the vast majority of the world’s 20,000 bee species are solitary creatures, provisioning their simple nests with a taffy-like mixture of nectar ...